My girlfriend just started mircette, on a
sunday start. The packaging says that
the pill is effective after 1 week, a
doctor at the student health center here
on campus says it actually is only 3 days
but 1 week is a safety margin, I called a
couple other docs and they said 1 week,
but her doctor said a month. It's a 28
pill package. What is true on this? I
know some other pills don't take
effectiveness for a month, (some for even
longer? I dont know.) we had
unprotected sex one time and although I
pulled out, we're still kinda
worried...Her period is supposed to start
this week...She has some cramps, back
pain, acne...All telling her its
coming...But also her stoumach was hurting
really bad last week. She just wants
more input on this medicene.
In most oral contraceptives, when you
start the pills for the first time you
should use additional contraception during
the first 7 days. You can use additional
contraception even for 30 days if you want
but it is usually not necessary.
