title: Consequences of emergency contraceptives: the adverse effects.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Emergency contraception (EC) offers women an important strategy to prevent unintended pregnancy following intercourse. Despite the constant improvement of availability of different molecules and techniques already existing (Yuzpe regimen, levonorgestrel, intrauterine device) and the emergence of ulipristal acetate, the numbers of unintended pregnancies and unplanned births could still be reduced.
  
  
  METHODS
  This review will evaluate all the information about the potential adverse effects and tolerability of each method of EC by putting them in balance with their safety and effectiveness. A literature search until December 2013 was performed to identify all trials studying the safety data available concerning EC.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Different means of EC have been demonstrated to be generally safe and well tolerated. These data support women information in order to improve use and efficacy of EC.
authors.affiliation: Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Tenon, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine , 4 rue de la Chine, Paris, 75020 , France nathalie.chabbert-buffet@tnn.aphp.fr.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thomin
authors.forename: Valentin
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: Emile
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Daraï
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chabbert-Buffet
mesh_terms: D044363:Contraception, Postcoital / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003281:Contraceptives, Postcoital / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D003281:Contraceptives, Postcoital
keywords: adverse effects; emergency contraception; intrauterine device; levonorgestrel; mifepristone; ulipristal acetate