Does This Constitute As Missing a Pill? Posted: 10-03-07 23:30pm
hello! I have been taking microgestin fe
1/20 for about a month now and i have
forgotten to take the pill three times
now... well i have been late at takin it i
guess. the first time i was a half an hour
late taking it the second an hour and a
half. Bit i am worried about today because
i took my pill today 4+ hours late.I am
supposed to take the inactive brown pills
the day after tomorrow.what should i do?
and what is a missed pill how late can you
be before i pill is considered missed?
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Tylanas
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Posted: 10-03-07 23:32pm
A pill is not late until 6 hours have
passed, so the 30 minutes pill was not
late, nor was the second one. Today's you
could almost consider late but really,
you're perfectly fine.
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sillysallie1990
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Posted: 10-03-07 23:34pm
so even though i have done this three
times now i still should be covered?
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Tylanas
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Posted: 10-03-07 23:54pm
You haven't done *anything*, that's what
I'm saying Only the last one
with 4 hours is something to even get
concerned about, and only then if you did
*that* 3 days in a row!
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sillysallie1990
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Posted: 10-03-07 23:59pm
oh ok thanks!
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Carifairy
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Posted: 10-04-07 12:31pm
I wanted to add that you are not
considered LATE unless you miss the pill
by 12 hours or more.
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sillysallie1990
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Posted: 10-05-07 01:47am
thank you so much for the help... i have
asked around but my friends are all on
different kinds of bc pills and i wanted
to who was right since i got all kinds of
differnt answers from them and i wanted to
know if the answer changed because of the
kind of pill you took...
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Georgia59
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Posted: 10-05-07 12:31pm
For the most part, if you are on a
combined hormone pill (which most are)
they're all more or less the same. But
it's always good to check on the
directions that came with your pill pack
just in case.
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Only the last one
with 4 hours is something to even get
concerned about, and only then if you did
*that* 3 days in a row!
