progestin and used in so-called emergency contraception, or emergency contraception.
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The morning after pill can be used following unprotected or not adequately protected sexual intercourse, or following the failure of other contraceptive methods which therefore expose the risk of an unwanted pregnancy.
Before going on to describe the main characteristics of the morning-after pill, it should be noted that this drug is not an abortion, therefore, it has nothing to do with the so-called mifepristone-based abortion pill, also known as RU486. This medicine, in fact, is used to practice pharmacological abortion by interrupting an ongoing pregnancy; the morning-after pill, on the other hand, is used to prevent its onset.