Levonelle tablet

Levonelle tablet is a emergency morning after pill. It contains levonorgestrel 1.5mg tablet that can be used within 72 hours (3 days) of unprotected sex for an emergency contraception.

• No contraception was used during the sexual intercourse.
• The contraception measure was used incorrectly, for example as if a condom was penetrated, slipped away or used in a wrong way, if vaginal pessary or diaphragm changed position, burst, was broken, or taken out ahead of time, in the case of a failed interruption during coitus interruptus (e.g. sperm ejaculated in vagina or on external genitalia).

Levonorgestrel 1.5mg tablet works by:
• stopping your ovaries from releasing an egg;
• preventing sperm from fertilising any egg you may have already released.

Levonorgestrel 1.5mg tablet can only prevent you from becoming pregnant if you take it within 72 hours of unprotected sex.

It does not work if you are already pregnant. If another unprotected intercourse takes place after the use of Levonorgestrel 1.5mg tablets (also if this is during the same menstrual cycle), the tablet will not exert its contraceptive effect and there is again the risk of pregnancy.

Levonorgestrel 1.5mg tablet prevents about 84% of expected pregnancies when taken within 72 hours of having unprotected sex. It is better to take it within 12 hours rather than delay until the third day.

You can get the emergency contraceptive pill, i.e. morning after pill free of charge from: 

• contraception clinics
• Brook centres
• some pharmacies (find a pharmacy – ask if they provide free emergency contraception)
• most sexual health or genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics
• most GP surgeries (find a GP)

Find a sexual health clinic

At Online Chemist, we offer free NHS emergency contraception pill. However, to get a free morning after pill you need to come for a consultation at our pharmacy, Online Chemist Gorleston. Click here for more information.

You can also buy emergency morning after pill such as Levonelle / levonorgestrel or ellaOne from most pharmacies. However, Online Chemist’s private doctor is the cheapest option starting from £7.99.

You have two options:

1. Buy the morning after pill for immediate use: start consultation now!
2. Buy the emergency contraception for future use: start consultation now!

Patient Information Leaflet

Your contraception guide – NHS UK

BNF: https://bnf.nice.org.uk/drugs/levonorgestrel/