Why the Pill and drink don’t mix
ONE-in-five women who fail to use contraception blame drink or drugs, a survey reveals today.
Almost half of the women interviewed said their preferred method of contraception was the Pill while two out of five favoured condoms.
A small number of men – one in 67 – said they prefer women to take the morning-after pill so they can avoid wearing a condom.
The survey of more than 3,000 men and women was carried out by The Co-operative Pharmacy.
Just over two per cent of women from 1,800 surveyed had taken the morning-after pill three times or more and a similar number of those aged 18 to 21 used it as their “regular” form of contraception.
Mandeep Mudhar, head of NHS development at the firm, said: “The morning-after pill should be a last resort to prevent an unwanted pregnancy.”