Switching birth control after 1 day ? Posted: 07-10-08 02:34am
this is my first time being on birth
control. My doctor prescribed me ortho tri
cylcen for birthcontrol and acne. I got my
prescription today and took a pill tonight
but realized it was the generic of ortho
tri cyclen, tri-sprintec instead. I heard
that it doesn't work as well for acne, so
i want to go back to the pharmacy and get
ortho tricyclen instead. Can i just take
the 2nd pill of ortho tri cyclen since i
already took the first pill of
tri-sprintec or should i start over with
the first pill of ortho tricyclen?
Ortho tricyclen and tri-sprintec are 2
different brand names of a same generic
medicine. They are both combined
three-phasic birth control pills that
contain the same active substances -
ethinyl estradiol and norgestimate. The
only diference is that the first 7 pills
of Tri-Sprintec contain less ethinyl
estradiol than the first 7 pills from
Ortho Tri-Cyclen.
That is not a significant difference so I
don't thing you should change the
medicine.
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Posted: 07-10-08 12:38pm
Thank you Dr. Nikola. I know that they
should be pretty much the same drugs since
tri-sprintec is the generic version of
ortho tricyclen but i searched up
tri-sprintec online and there were soooo
many horror stories and bad reviews of
tri-sprintec from various users that i got
scared.
I don't understand why so many people hate
tri-sprintec and love ortho when they're
pretty much the same.
Honey...if you look up any birth control,
someone will have some horrific story.
Generic drugs shouldn't be much, if any,
different from the brand. A pharmacist
would not give a less effective drug to
their patient.
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Georgia59
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Posted: 07-10-08 14:39pm
I agree with the above posts.
However, I have noticed that sometimes
there are tiny differences between generic
and name brand drugs. I'd try the
tri-sprintec, and don't worry about what
you read online, because you'll find
horror stories for anything. However, if
it's not working, switching to ortho
wouldn't cause any problems (because they
are, essentially, the same thing). If
you're not happy with the tri-sprintec, go
ahead and switch whenever you want, and
just stick to whatever schedule you
started out on. You shouldn't experience
any side effects from switching.
All types of birth control pills have
similar side effects but not all women
feel it in a same way. You can switch
Tri-sprintex with Ortho tri-cyclen
whenever you want because they are almost
the same pills. When you switch the
pill-type you shouldn't start the new pack
with the first pill but from the pill
number that follows the last taken pill
from the previous pack. For example if you
took 5 pills from the first pack you can
continue with the 6th pill from the new
pack.
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anniek
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Posted: 07-15-08 08:02am
They are the same the only difference is
fillers. Which most people don't have
problems with. The filler does not make a
difference in the active ingredients it is
just what makes up the pill. In our
pharmacy we fill more of the trisprintec
then of the brand, and we fill a lot of
it! So don't worry give it a chance it is
as effective as the brand! Like said
before everyone reacts differently to any
kind of medication. As long as you are not
having side effects I would continue with
it.
