effectiveness when switching pills Posted: 01-24-08 21:48pm
I have been on Ortho Tricyclen Lo for 5
months and just switched to Trinessa. I
had unprotected sex on my placebo week but
started my new birth control a day early.
Is there any possibility I could get
pregnant? Or would I still be covered
seeing as I continued taking birth
control? Does the effectivness go down if
you switch birth controls?
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Tylanas
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Posted: 01-24-08 23:08pm
No, I think you're probably very safe. You
did just what you should have done.
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Posted: 01-25-08 09:03am
Just to be on the safe side be careful the
first week of switching. In a very very
few switching the hormones in different bc
can up your chances of getting pregnant.
Just treat it like you just started bc.
But remember I said this happens to a very
very small amount of women. For the most
part you SHOULD be just fine!!
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Posted: 01-25-08 11:19am
Um no. That is not medically sound
advice..
ALL birth control pills contain basically
the same hormones, just packaged under
different names.
TRINESSA is the same pill as Ortho lo,
just a higher dose.
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Posted: 01-25-08 11:33am
Carifairy
wrote:
Um no. That is not medically
sound advice..
ALL birth control pills contain basically
the same hormones, just packaged under
different names.
TRINESSA is the same pill as Ortho lo,
just a higher
dose.
What if she were doing it the other way
around and switching from trinessa to
ortho lo? Would going from a higher
amount of hormones to a less amount make
it less effective because her body isn't
yet adjusted to the lower amount and is
used to much more?
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anniek
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Posted: 01-25-08 13:52pm
Like I said before the majority of women
don't have this problem. The doctor thinks
that is what happened to me, I went from
the depo to a low dose pill and ended up
getting pregnant. Because of the time
frame they beleive that is what happened.
So yes it can happen. And I'm not a Dr so
medically sound advice should come from
them. I'm only talking from experience.
She is worried about it. So you can give
her advice. Just like you do to many many
people. I was advised any time I switch a
bc to be careful and treat as if I'm
starting for the first time. So it's just
my advice please don't tell me I'm wrong,
I don't tell you when I may think your
wrong because you might have something
behind what you say, that you beleive what
you say is correct. Everyone has different
experiences and knowledge. That is what
you give to someone
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anniek
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Posted: 01-25-08 13:54pm
Oh and I do work in a pharmacy every day!
So yes I know most bc contain the same
hormones and the bc can have different
names. BUT many bc's do have different
hormones or different combinations it can
effect different women in different ways.
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Posted: 01-25-08 13:57pm
Carifairy
wrote:
Um no. That is not medically
sound advice..
ALL birth control pills contain basically
the same hormones, just packaged under
different names.
TRINESSA is the same pill as Ortho lo,
just a higher
dose.
But it's the dosage and the secondary
filler ingredients that women react to,
and that's why a woman who switches from
one pill to the other does just fine.
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Posted: 01-25-08 14:01pm
Right...
NO, the dose does not matter.
AS long as you begin taking the pill
directly when your placebo week is over,
then you are protected.
