<p>After a study of over 1,600 women the researchers found that the pill, ulipristel acetate, worked well after most commonly used after-sex drug levonorgestrel which offers a three-day limit.<br /><br />The researchers observed that a total of 2.6 per cent of the women in the “levonorgestrel group” became pregnant despite taking the drug, compared with 1.8 per cent in the group that took ulipristel.<br /><br />In another group of women who were given emergency pills more than three days after sex, no pregnancy was reported from those who had taken ulipristel, the BBC reported.<br />The side effects were roughly the same in both the drugs. The new drug, however, would not be available ‘over-the-counter’ at present because it did not have the established safety record of levonorgestrel, researchers said.</p>
<p>After a study of over 1,600 women the researchers found that the pill, ulipristel acetate, worked well after most commonly used after-sex drug levonorgestrel which offers a three-day limit.<br /><br />The researchers observed that a total of 2.6 per cent of the women in the “levonorgestrel group” became pregnant despite taking the drug, compared with 1.8 per cent in the group that took ulipristel.<br /><br />In another group of women who were given emergency pills more than three days after sex, no pregnancy was reported from those who had taken ulipristel, the BBC reported.<br />The side effects were roughly the same in both the drugs. The new drug, however, would not be available ‘over-the-counter’ at present because it did not have the established safety record of levonorgestrel, researchers said.</p>