Watch for fake emergency contraception

Thanks to the emergency contraceptive effect within 72 hours, Postinor is preferred. But many patients have suffered the consequences of buying bad drugs.

Too dangerous

Users have suffered the consequences of contraception and still pregnant.

The family planning services departments of the Central Obstetrics Hospital and Hanoi Obstetrics Hospital are accepting patients who are victims of Postinor. Although there are no statistics on the number of women and the plan for taking Postinor phlegm, it is time to warn about the dangers of fake birth control pills.

Do not abuse "emergency" drugs

Currently, Vietnam is ranked third in the world in terms of abortion rates. According to statistics, Vietnam has 420,000 adolescent abortions every year, 5% of young women give birth before the age of 18 . This number has been alarmed for a long time but the situation has not been improve.

One of the reasons is that abuse of Postinor emergency contraceptives and the recent use of fake contraceptives is also a cause.

Doctor Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong - Director of Tu Du Obstetrics Hospital once recommended, women should use birth control pills daily to ensure reproductive health. Birth control pills do not cause cancer, few side effects and after discontinuation of the drug can still give birth normally.

A doctor at the Family Planning Department of the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology said: "Abortion is a very bad thing. Some women go to abortion despite having taken emergency contraceptive pills: Do not hesitate to buy medicine at home. pharmacies that listened to the name of Postinor to help emergency contraception, so they bought it somewhere outside the street, so they bought fake and fake medicine named Postinor ".

The use of Postinor should only be used in an emergency and should be purchased at a well-known pharmacy, but if not, the user may encounter oral contraceptives and still have . pregnancy. And then it was late.