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Some drugs can make birth control pills less effective, which may result in pregnancy. Tell your doctor about all the prescription and over-the-counter medications you use. This medication can cause birth defects. Do not use if you are pregnant. Tell your doctor right away if you become pregnant, or if you miss two menstrual periods in a row.
If you have recently had a baby, wait at least 4 weeks before taking birth control pills 6 weeks if you are breast-feeding. Do not use this medication if you have:. The hormones in birth control pills can pass into breast milk and may harm a nursing baby. This medication may also slow breast milk production.
Do not use if you are breast-feeding a baby. Take this medication exactly as it was prescribed for you. Do not take larger amounts, or take it for longer than recommended by your doctor. You will take your first pill on the first day of your period or on the first Sunday after your period begins follow your doctor's instructions. You may need to use back-up birth control, such as condoms or a spermicide, when you first start using this medication. Follow your doctor's instructions. You will not have a menstrual period every month while you are taking an extended-cycle birth control pill.
Instead, your period should occur every 12 weeks. The day birth control pack contains three trays with cards that hold 84 "active" pills and seven "reminder" pills. You must use the pills in a certain order to keep you on a regular cycle. Trays 1 and 2 each hold 28 pills. Tray 3 holds 35 pills, including the 7 reminder pills. Your period should begin while you are using these reminder pills. Take one pill every day, no more than 24 hours apart. When the pills run out, start a new pack the following day. You may get pregnant if you do not use this medication regularly. Get your prescription refilled before you run out of pills completely.
For Birth Control "It's been 2 years, I spotted for almost six weeks straight on the first pack until I had the first period. Email Address. If you have recently had a baby, wait at least 4 weeks before taking birth control pills 6 weeks if you are breast-feeding. Pretreatment with a long acting antinauseant such as meclizine will lessen the incidence of nausea. Clozapine clozapine.
You may have breakthrough bleeding while taking birth control pills. Tell your doctor if this bleeding continues or is very heavy. If you need to have any type of medical tests or surgery, or if you will be on bed rest, you may need to stop using this medication for a short time. Any doctor or surgeon who treats you should know that you are using birth control pills.
Your doctor will need to see you on a regular basis while you are using this medication. Do not miss any appointments. If you miss one "active" pill, take two pills on the day that you remember. Then take one pill per day for the rest of the pack. If you miss two "active" pills in a row, take two pills per day for two days in a row. Use back-up birth control for at least 7 days following the missed pills. If you miss three "active" pills in a row, do not take the missed pills.
Continue taking 1 pill per day on schedule according to the pill package and leave the missed pills in the package. You may have some bleeding or spotting if you miss three pills in a row.
Use back-up birth control for at least the next 7 days. If you miss any reminder pills, throw them away and keep taking one pill per day until the pack is empty. You do not need back-up birth control if you miss a reminder pill. If your period does not start while you are taking the reminder pills, call your doctor because you might be pregnant. Seek emergency medical attention if you think you have used too much of this medicine. Overdose symptoms may include nausea, vomiting, and vaginal bleeding.
Do not smoke while using birth control pills, especially if you are older than Smoking can increase your risk of blood clots, stroke, or heart attack caused by birth control pills. Using a condom is the only way to protect yourself from these diseases. Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: Call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects:. This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. Regardless of the number of tablets in a package, the cycle length for oral contraceptives is generally considered to be 28 days, except for the 91 day dosage preparation which considers the cycle to be 91 days.
The first day of menstrual bleeding is counted as day 1.
One product marketed as Lybrel is supplied in a 28 day package in which all the tablets contain the same active ingredients no placebo tablets. The tablets are given continuously and gradually reduce or stop menstruation in most women. Thus there is no cycle length with this product. When initiating a Sunday start regimen, the first tablet may be taken on the first Sunday after menstruation begins.
If a period begins on a Sunday, the first tablet may be taken on that day. When initiating a Sunday start regimen, another contraceptive method should be used until after the first 7 consecutive days of administration.
If you have recently had a baby, wait at least 4 weeks before taking birth control pills 6 weeks if you are breast-feeding. Do not use this medication if you have:. The hormones in birth control pills can pass into breast milk and may harm a nursing baby. This medication may also slow breast milk production. Do not use if you are breast-feeding a baby. Take this medication exactly as it was prescribed for you.
Do not take larger amounts, or take it for longer than recommended by your doctor. You will take your first pill on the first day of your period or on the first Sunday after your period begins follow your doctor's instructions. You may need to use back-up birth control, such as condoms or a spermicide, when you first start using this medication. Follow your doctor's instructions. You will not have a menstrual period every month while you are taking an extended-cycle birth control pill.
Instead, your period should occur every 12 weeks. The day birth control pack contains three trays with cards that hold 84 "active" pills and seven "reminder" pills. You must use the pills in a certain order to keep you on a regular cycle. Trays 1 and 2 each hold 28 pills. Tray 3 holds 35 pills, including the 7 reminder pills. Your period should begin while you are using these reminder pills. Take one pill every day, no more than 24 hours apart.
When the pills run out, start a new pack the following day. You may get pregnant if you do not use this medication regularly. Get your prescription refilled before you run out of pills completely. You may have breakthrough bleeding while taking birth control pills. Tell your doctor if this bleeding continues or is very heavy.
If you need to have any type of medical tests or surgery, or if you will be on bed rest, you may need to stop using this medication for a short time. Any doctor or surgeon who treats you should know that you are using birth control pills. Your doctor will need to see you on a regular basis while you are using this medication. Do not miss any appointments. If you miss one "active" pill, take two pills on the day that you remember. Then take one pill per day for the rest of the pack. If you miss two "active" pills in a row, take two pills per day for two days in a row.
Use back-up birth control for at least 7 days following the missed pills. If you miss three "active" pills in a row, do not take the missed pills.
Continue taking 1 pill per day on schedule according to the pill package and leave the missed pills in the package. You may have some bleeding or spotting if you miss three pills in a row. Use back-up birth control for at least the next 7 days. If you miss any reminder pills, throw them away and keep taking one pill per day until the pack is empty.
You do not need back-up birth control if you miss a reminder pill.
If your period does not start while you are taking the reminder pills, call your doctor because you might be pregnant. Seek emergency medical attention if you think you have used too much of this medicine. Overdose symptoms may include nausea, vomiting, and vaginal bleeding. Do not smoke while using birth control pills, especially if you are older than Smoking can increase your risk of blood clots, stroke, or heart attack caused by birth control pills.
Using a condom is the only way to protect yourself from these diseases. Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: Call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects:. This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. Regardless of the number of tablets in a package, the cycle length for oral contraceptives is generally considered to be 28 days, except for the 91 day dosage preparation which considers the cycle to be 91 days.
The first day of menstrual bleeding is counted as day 1. One product marketed as Lybrel is supplied in a 28 day package in which all the tablets contain the same active ingredients no placebo tablets.
The tablets are given continuously and gradually reduce or stop menstruation in most women. Thus there is no cycle length with this product. When initiating a Sunday start regimen, the first tablet may be taken on the first Sunday after menstruation begins. If a period begins on a Sunday, the first tablet may be taken on that day.
When initiating a Sunday start regimen, another contraceptive method should be used until after the first 7 consecutive days of administration. For a 28 day package, one tablet is taken daily for 28 days and a new package begun on the following day. For a 21 day package, one tablet is taken daily for 21 days followed by 7 days with no medication. A new package of contraceptives is begun on the following day.
For a 91 day package, one tablet is taken daily for 91 days and a new package begun on the following day. The manufacturer of the day preparation recommends only the Sunday start regimen.