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Q: Missed patch and back-up protection
asked by: DoctorQuestion on December 12th, 2006
Hello I am currently using the patch and I am on week two but what happened was that my patch change day was on a monday and i forgot to change it so now its tuesday and i changed it but my question is . will this be my new change date and will i have to use some sort of back up protection?


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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD
replied on August 8th, 2007
Birth Control Answer A1998
If you forgot to change your patch with a new one that means that you’ve missed the first active pill in the new patch. In such cases, you may take 2 pills the next day (on Tuesday). If you had taken 2 pills on Tuesday you would have been protected and nothing would have been changed in the contraceptive status. Because you didn’t take the first active pill Monday (or 2 on Tuesday) you are not protected and now you should use some back-up protection (condom). You can start another patch when you get your period no matter how many pills left in the present patch.




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