Is it safe to take nordette twice a week as emergency contraceptive?
Patient: I'm Miss Rivera, I just want to confirm if it's safe to take nordette twice in a week as an emergency contraceptive. I know its a regular birthcontrol pill and it is not an emergency contraceptive and yet is it used by few people in high dose like 4 pills with in 120hours after intercourse but I was just told to take it as a precaution. Doctor: Hi thanks for your question.Yes you can take regular contraceptive pills in high doses for emergency contraception (EC)theoretically speaking  taking EC twice a week is safe ,but it should not be made as routine as EC causes lot of irregular and heavy bleeding sometime to the dangerous level along with lot of gastric upset and menstrual cycle get disturbed. It should be reserved for emergency use only.Hope this answers your question.