Re: paranoid?-To Dr. Marchbein
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 29 Apr 2001 22:35:17 -0500 (CDT)
The lower the pill dose, the closer you need to be. some have bleeding
if they're an hour late and some can be a day late and have nothing. Go
figure.
HSM
At Sun, 29 Apr 2001, Jennifer wrote:
>
>Dear Doctor:
>Thanks for your reply, it's helped ease my mind. I have another
>question though, you say "just get close", but what exactly is "close"?
>I've heard that you can only be 2 hrs late in taking a pill, and in
>another column i've read you can be as much as 36 hours late and still
>be okay! What is an "okay" amount of time to be late? (I know you should
>get as close as you can though to the normal time). I just ask because
>today I was about 15 minutes late taking it so I'm worried again. (But
>this time, I got me a watch that's set with an alarm:) ) Thanks in
>advance...
> At Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. wrote:
>>
>>Nah. Just get close.
>>
>>Hope this helps and write back anytime for more information.
>>
>>HSM
>>
>>At Fri, 27 Apr 2001, new wrote:
>>>
>>>I'm a teenager and I just started taking birth control pills. I know
>>>you're supposed to take them at the same time everyday, and I've been up
>>>to task doing that, but I have one worry- does taking them a few minutes
>>>late do anything? Sometimes I use my watch and sometimes I use my home
>>>clock to tell when to take them, but recently I discovered that they are
>>>about 5 minutes apart (the clocks). Should I be worried?
>>
>>--
>>Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York
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