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All it takes is three simple steps...

Step 1 Register online to create your secure online patient record

Step 2 Answer short questionnaire and make card payment online for emergency pill

Step 3 Pick-up the emergency pill in your chosen pharmacy or await delivery by post

Same day in-pharmacy pickup

or

Next day home delivery

Emergency pill in advance - how we can help you

This confidential service is a convenient way to plan ahead and obtain the emergency contraceptive pill (also known as the 'morning after pill') before you actually need it. If you want to order more than a single emergency pill, you can order a double pack and a triple pack of the emergency pill through this website.

Advice if you need the emergency pill straight away

If you have already had unprotected sex you need the emergency contraception straightaway so visit your local pharmacy, GP or family planning clinic. Do not wait to receive the emergency pill by post from our online doctors.

How this service works

Simply complete our online questionnaire that asks questions about your general health. You then need to decide whether you want us to send your medicine in the post using Royal Mail Special Delivery or whether you would like to pick up the emergency pill from one of around 300 Lloydspharmacies throughout the UK. Finally you need to make payment online using a credit or debit card in your name.

What happens after you complete the questionnaire and make payment

Our doctors will assess the answers you give and, if appropriate, prescribe the emergency pill. Depending upon what you decided, we will either post the medicine to you or arrange for you to collect it at your selected pharmacy.

Making sure the card that you use to make payment is in your name

If the name on the card is not the same as your name, our doctors will not be able to help and we will make an immediate refund.

Possible side-effects of the emergency pill

Like all medicines, the emergency pill can cause nausea. Other side-effects can include stomach pain, bleeding not related to your period, fatigue, dizziness, headache, diarrhoea, vomiting and breast tenderness.

Effectiveness and limitations of the emergency pill

The emergency pill is more effective the sooner you take it. Of the pregnancies that could be expected to occur if the emergency pill is not used, the emergency pill is thought to prevent 95% of pregnancies if taken within 24 hours, up to 85% if taken within 48 hours, and up to 58% if taken within 72 hours. There is insufficient data to know how effective the emergency pill is if taken after 72 hours. The emergency pill is less effective than ongoing contraception and will not protect you from sexually transmitted infections.

Risk of vomiting after taking the emergency pill

If you happen to vomit within two hours of taking the emergency pill, the pill will not work. You would then need to take a second emergency pill. It is therefore sensible to prepare for this eventuality by keeping more than one emergency pill at home.

Alternative forms of emergency contraception

The other type of emergency contraception is the emergency IUD. You would need to go to your local family planning clinic to have an emergency IUD fitted. An emergency IUD is more effective than the emergency pill, but is less convenient in the sense that a trained person needs to fit one. If you had sex more than 72 hours ago, you are strongly advised to use an emergency IUD and not the emergency pill.

Unsuitable patients who should not use this service

Our doctors are only able to prescribe the emergency pill to women aged over 18. Men cannot request the emergency pill on behalf of their partners. A woman who already knows that she is allergic to levonorgestrel should not use this service. You should not use the mail-order aspect of this service if you need the emergency pill immediately.

Lack of protection against STIs

The emergency pill provides no protection against sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Because the most common STIs do not show any symptoms and can cause serious long term health problems if left untreated, it is important that you consider testing. You can order a urine-based postal chlamydia and gonorrhoea test through this website.