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Re: 4 day break after 63 pills?
From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 19 Sep 2001 15:06:15 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Val wrote: >
>I'v eread in a lot of articles if a woman is tri-cycling with a
>monophasic oral contraceptive such as Ortho-Cyclen that after 3
>consecutive (active only pills) she is onyl suppose to take a 4 day
>break and then start a new packet. I am curious as to why 4 days
>instead of the regular 7? After 4 days a woman would start her new
>packet on a wednesday which is something I had never heard of. Please
>explain.
>
>--
>Val
>

Val, In the big picture, 4 vs. 7 probably makes little difference. I would however favor the 7 day just on principle... Lynn

-- Lynn D. Montgomery, MD Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center Missoula, Montana
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