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NorseTikiBar t1_j6oe8bf wrote

Reply to comment by TheDeHymenizer in GWU students add ‘morning-after’ pill vending machine to campus by efthfj

... dude, no. Your username makes this worse.

While I won't claim to be an expert, Plan B pills work by introducing artificial forms of a progesterone in order to simulate your body's response to already being pregnant. This in turn prevents ovulation. Estrogen isn't a part of the equation.

Something that I read recently (that I'll just throw out there in case I need to be corrected by someone with more knowledge on the matter), but that would also mean that Plan B doesn't work if a woman is already ovulating. Which is... mildly frustrating.

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carbon56f t1_j6p53md wrote

I just purchased Plan B and I can confirm the packaging states that it works by preventing ovulation.

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TheDeHymenizer t1_j6ofoup wrote

>... dude, no. Your username makes this worse.

My username is my username because it makes people laugh. Full stop. You want to finger wag and get all puritanical? go with god its reddit its far from unexpected.

>While I won't claim to be an expert, Plan B pills work by introducing artificial forms of a progesterone in order to simulate your body's response to already being pregnant. This in turn prevents ovulation. Estrogen isn't a part of the equation.

https://www.britannica.com/science/morning-after-pill .

>Something that I read recently (that I'll just throw out there in case I need to be corrected by someone with more knowledge on the matter), but that would also mean that Plan B doesn't work if a woman is already ovulating. Which is... mildly frustrating.

Interesting. It still increases estrogen production which is pretty much how all the most modern steroids' currently work

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NorseTikiBar t1_j6p6clc wrote

It's more about if you're going to be graphic about female anatomy and sex... you should probably not be ignorant about related topics.

Also, LOL @ citing Encyclopedia Britannica, umbrella terms and all.

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