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inactive pills are just that inactive, so you don't need to take them, they are there to keep you on track so you know when to start your next pack, and keep you in routine of taking the pill.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoYou should take the pills as directed by your doctor, if you are trying to change the first day on the new packet - yes you can start the active pills at any time after taking the last active pill in the old pack.
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∙ 10y agoTaking a sugar pill when you should have taken a regular pill is like taking no pill at all. Missing one pill is not likely to cause pregnancy if you've taken the other pills correctly, but if you haven't, consider using the morning after pill and using a back up method until you've taken seven pills correctly.
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Do you need to take the sugar pills in your birth control pill pack?
The sugar pills in your birth control pack are there to help you stay in the habit of taking a pill every day. You don't need to eat them.
What if you missed a white pill in a 28 pack of birth control pills?
Nothing, they are just sugar pills. You still need to take them though. It makes you remember to take your birth control. Nothing, they are just sugar pills. You still need to take them though. It makes you remember to take your birth control.
If I skip the sugar pills and go right into a new pack of birth control pills will this affect my pap smear results?
No, skipping your period with sugar pills has no effect on Pap smear results.
Is it required to take the green pills in a birth control pills pack?
In some birth control brands, the green pills are active pills and should not be skipped. In other brands, the green pills are placebos (sugar pills or reminder pills) and can be skipped. Talk to your pharmacist or health care provider to get information specific to your brand of birth control pills.
What are the light green pills for that comes with the birth control pack?
In some birth control brands, the green pills are active pills and should not be skipped. In other brands, the green pills are placebos (sugar pills or reminder pills) and can be skipped. Talk to your pharmacist or health care provider to get information specific to your brand of birth control pills.
Can you start a new pack of birth control when youre in the middle of the sugar pills to stop your period?
it is not advised. you should finish all the pills at the alotted time and then you can start your new pack, if you are still on your period and the sugar pills are completed you can still move onto the next pack.
You recently started on birth control about 2 months ago you went on vacation and skipped your sugar pills to start another pack so you wont get your period when might you get your period?
As soon as you start your sugar pills on the new pack, or a little after you start taking the sugar pills.
Is the days in birth control pills interchangeable?
The days in birth control pills are not interchangeable.
What are the sugar pills for in the birth control pill pack?
The sugar pills are just placebo pills, meaning that they have no intended purpose other than to act as place holders. Because birth control pills are to be taken every day, some women need the placebo pills to keep the routine going. They offer no other purpose.
If you skip the sugar pills in your birth control pack and start up a new pack will you skip your period for that month or the following month?
You will not have a period the week you would otherwise have taken your sugar pills. It should be normal the next month.
What if you get all green pills birth control?
If you have a pack of 28 green birth control pills, you're probably on Micronor.
Does taking birth control pills stop you from getting your period?
it depends,if your on the 28 pack and take ur sugar pills, it wont stop you from getting ur period.if u wanna miss ur period dont take the sugar pills and continue right away wit the new pack of pills
