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How effective are birth control pills?

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Written by Elliott
Updated over a year ago

If used exactly as instructed, birth control pills can be up to 99.7% effective. However, timing errors and forgotten pills, can result in birth control pills being closer to 91% effective. Needless to say, the more consistent you are with taking your birth control prescription medication as prescribed, the more likely it to be more effective.

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