Re: [Birth Control] kariva, zithromax, and a pill down the sink
From: John Essien MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 16 Aug 2003 13:55:37 -0500 (CDT)
It is unlikely that you are pregnant. Nevertheless if you ahve symptoms
suggestive of pregnancy, see your docotor.
At Sat, 16 Aug 2003, joanne wrote:
>
>Hi, I'm quite nervous about a couple of potential problems with my
>Kariva. In June I dropped a pill down the sink (maybe the third week-I
>don't remember). I didn't have another refill on me prescription to go
>get a new pack to replace the pill, so I just skipped it that day and
>continued the next. No sex that month, so no problem. (I don't
>remember anything unusual with my period that month.) I took the month
>of July fine, but my period was REALLY light, which for me is weird.
>This month I was on Zithromax from 8/2 to 8/6, then had unprotected sex
>7 or 8 days later (at this point I'd taken the last three blue pills
>from my last pack, and the first four white pills from my new pack).
>Please tell me I'm not likely to be pregnant... I'm nervous because I'm
>afraid I messed my whole cycle up by simply dropping and skipping that
>pill.
>Thanks! Joanne
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