Joined: 18 Aug 2004 Posts: 1 Location: Rhode Island
Started New Pack Too Early....help! Posted: 08-18-04 15:31pm
I
just started a fresh pack of ortho tri
cyclen lo on monday....So far I have taken
2 pills...I was cleaning my room just now
and found last months "empty" pack, only
to find out I still had one green pill
left over, which was supposed to be for
monday, and I was supposed to start the
new pack on tuesday....Does anyone know if
this is bad at all, and if so, what should
I do?
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Cassy
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Jun 2004 Posts: 103
Posted: 08-18-04 22:46pm
Skipping the last placebno pill I don't
think would matter to much or really
effect your cycle to badly. I now of some
people who only take 4 placebos and start
a new pack just to make their periods
shorter. So I really don't think anything
horrible will happen.
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Natalie112
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Posts: 65
Posted: 08-18-04 22:54pm
Everything will be okay. Just don't make
a habit of getting off schedule (ie
starting packs early and/or late). This
one time it will be fine. It may throw
your menstrual cycle off slightly but will
eventually become normal after a month or
two. If you are worried about the day
difference making your birth control
ineffective, don't worry. Only if you
begin you skip pills and become irregular
will your birth control be ineffective.
Hope this helped.
Natalie
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linuxChique
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 May 2004 Posts: 4535
Posted: 08-19-04 11:37am
No shouldn't matter. The docs tell you
that if you drop or lose a pill just to
take the next one and shift your schedule
by a day. You're ok!
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I
just started a fresh pack of ortho tri
cyclen lo on monday....So far I have taken
2 pills...I was cleaning my room just now
and found last months "empty" pack, only
to find out I still had one green pill
left over, which was supposed to be for
monday, and I was supposed to start the
new pack on tuesday....Does anyone know if
this is bad at all, and if so, what should
I do?
