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jersey0869

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Friends Birth Control?
Posted: 03-14-07 16:55pm

My girlfriend started taking Loestra 24 as the first birth control she has ever taken however it belonged to her roommate. She has never seen a doctor for BCP exam. She has been through the first pack without problems and we are still using condoms. Should she see a doctor before we use it as our primary type of birth control? Would we know if she was immune to the hormones? Thank you
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Llewellyn

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Posted: 03-14-07 17:27pm

Technically, you are never supposed to take someone else's medications, and women are supposed to see an ob-gyn when they become sexually active.
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Tylanas

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Re: Friends Birth Control?
Posted: 03-14-07 19:05pm

jersey0869 wrote:
My girlfriend started taking Loestra 24 as the first birth control she has ever taken however it belonged to her roommate. She has never seen a doctor for BCP exam. She has been through the first pack without problems and we are still using condoms. Should she see a doctor before we use it as our primary type of birth control? Would we know if she was immune to the hormones? Thank you


She needs to go get a pap smear, period.
This is not dangerous, nor is it normally painful. Is it uncomfortable? Well yeah, you've got someone sticking something in your vagina when you don't want it do be there Wink But she needs to get this done.

Go to a planned parenthood. If she is a student, she can get the procedure and pills for free.
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Posted: 03-15-07 05:25am

She shouldn't be taking anyone elses medication, doctors need to prescribe it for the specific person so what is right for her friend may not be right for her. Get her to go and get her own bcp (and smear) and until then use condoms.
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Shawnda

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Posted: 03-19-07 17:46pm

Its never a good idea to take meds not prescribed to you, because you dont know if you could have complications.
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