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Re: Ortho-Tricyclen and Postponing Period

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Wed, 13 Dec 2000 08:00:41 -0600 (CST)


At Tue, 12 Dec 2000, anon wrote: >
>To postpone a period with Ortho Tricyclen, do I skip the sugar placebos,
>and start at the beginning with a new pack, or do i need to start with
>the highest dose of a second pack? (In other words, the second pack gets
>only the highest doses used) and then start with a third.
>
>Please advise! Thanks

Just start with the first pill in the pack. There is a slightly higher incidence of breakthrough bleeding when you use triphasic pills as opposed to monophasic pills, but the large majority of women do not.

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William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG

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