Lost 1 Pill! What Shall I Do?? Posted: 01-21-07 04:21am
Last friday I was taking my pill but
suddenly I dropped it and could not find
it and so I just moved to my next day
pill....Now somewhere along these 21 days
I have to miss a pill...When it is best to
miss it? I thought about missing it the
last day therefore the 21st pill? Or
shall I miss it at the start of the next
pack? Pls give some idea on what to do
because I dont want to ruin everything I
did until now. It is only my second month
on the pill (yasmin) and the 1st month was
terrible with spotting but this month was
very ok and I dont want to get to side
effects again....Pls help!
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Carifairy
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Posted: 01-21-07 04:57am
To keep it simple..
You must take 21 pills, or else you are
going to not only compromise bc
protection, but you may have spotting.
:/
if I were you I wuld get another pack and
take 1 pill out of it, and then keep it
around in case it happens again.
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msbertina
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Posted: 01-21-07 05:12am
Thanks a lot for replying.....I came
across the booklet which is always
enclosed with the pills and tells you that
if you miss a pill you take 20 pills and
then stop for 7 days...The only difference
that there will be acc to the booklet is
that the cycle will be one day shorter
than the normal but the contraceptive
protection is not affected..........So
this does not count? Sorry for bothering
but dont know what to do since here the
pill is available only on prescription and
so if I buy another pack just for when I
lose a pill or something like that I would
have a pack less acc to the
prescription....What do you think?
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Carifairy
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Posted: 01-21-07 15:36pm
Here in the us, birth control pill
instructions say that you must take at
least 21 active pills to stay protected.
You could take 24, 34, 55, but at least
21.
If your doctor or pill package says
something different, then go by that.
