WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for January, 2002: Re: [Birth Control] accidentally took two pills from week 2

Re: [Birth Control] accidentally took two pills from week 2

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:51:18 -0600 (CST)

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At Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Melissa wrote: >
>hi,
>
>i am taking orthotricyclen and have been taking it religiously since june 2001. with the holiday this week, on tuesday i realized (or so i thought) that i had not taken a pill on monday. so i took two pills without really checking to see what day my arrow was on. this morning, i realized that i'd not skipped a pill, but had taken two pills on one day. so i had no pill to take today (day 13 in my cycle; i am using the 28-day pack).
>
>what, if anything, do i need to do? i didn't take a pill today.
>
>-melissa
>
>There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.
>By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.
> -- Robert Louis Stevenson

In this situation, I advise my patients to move up one day in their package and not skip any days, just finish up one day early. Then start the next apck at the right time.

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R.Daniel Braun, MD  FACOG   FOG
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