Birth Control Forum - Need An Answer to a Simple Question

Womens Health > Birth Control Forum > Need An Answer to a Simple Question

Birth control is helpful in preventing pregnancy. Need to know more about birth control? Start here to learn more about popular methods of birth control....

Q: Need An Answer to a Simple Question

asked by: hemostatic_electricity on April 11th, 2006

New User

My fiance just started taking bc pills and the directions say that it takes 7 days before they're effective. I've heard others say that they should be taken for a full cycle before considered fully effective....Which is it?

Replies(3)

christa84

replied on April 11th, 2006

Experienced User

7 days, or at least that's what the doctor told me when I used to be on them :-p

Carifairy

replied on April 12th, 2006

Extremely eHealthy

If you start the pills when you start your period then it is effective immediately, otherwise you need only wait 7 days.. But you need to take the pill every day and not miss one.

hemostatic_electricity

replied on April 12th, 2006

New User

Thanks for the responses. We were a little confused since we've heard a couple of different things from several different people.

Learn About Us

Get Help

Join In

Do More

We comply with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health
information:
verify here.

The site is not a replacement for professional medical opinion, examination, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your medical doctor or other qualified health professional before starting any new treatment or making any changes to existing treatment. Do not delay seeking or disregard medical advice based on information written by any author on this site. No health questions and information on eHealth Forum is regulated or evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and therefore the information should not be used to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease without the supervision of a medical doctor. Posts made to these forums express the views and opinions of the author, and not the administrators, moderators, or editorial staff and hence eHealth Forum and its principals will accept no liabilities or responsibilities for the statements made. Schizophrenia health sitemap.
This page was last updated on January 1, 2009.
© 2008 eForums, Inc