Re: vomiting
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 16 Dec 2000 23:47:22 -0600 (CST)
It takes a couple of hours to fully absorb the pill.
Two thoughts -
Why not take the pill in the morning to eliminate the problem?
If your migraines have increased since going on the pill, it may not be
the safest choice for you.
Hope this helps and write back anytime for more information.
HSM
At Sat, 16 Dec 2000, sunshine wrote:
>
>I frequently get migrains, and 99% of the time I can only get rid of
>them after I throw up a few times. I just started taking my b/c pills
>this month and I take them at night. I usually get my migrains as the
>sun goes down, so migrains are usually close to full swing by the time I
>take the pill. I would like to know how long it take for the pill to
>become absorbed into my system, so I can stop focusing on not throwing
>up, and let myself vomit to relieve the migrain? Last migrain I could
>only go 1.5 hours before I couldn't hold it any longer. Tonight I have
>the start of a migrain, and I just took my pill.
--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York
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