Why can't I take Levonelle One Step® more often?

Levonelle One Step® isn't suitable as a regular method of birth control because it's not as effective as long-term contraception and it doesn't prevent pregnancy in every woman. Levonelle One Step® is designed as an emergency contraception.

Depending on what stage you are at in your monthly cycle when you take it, Levonelle One Step® may disrupt the regularity of your period that month. It can come earlier than usual or it can come later. As your period is your main way of knowing whether you are pregnant or not, you would increase your level of uncertainty. If you used it instead of the Pill, you would be swapping a regular low dose of hormone for an irregular high dose, which would disrupt your menstrual cycle.

Choosing contraception