The pill is designed to protect against pregnancy. It will not help against an STD (sexually transmitted disease.) A condom will help prevent someone from contracting an STD. If you are the guy in the relationship, how do you know the woman is on the pill? Protect yourself!
the pill will stop you from getting pregnant but it wont stop you from getting a sexual disease - if you trust your partner then you dont need to use condoms while you are on the pill
Trojan makes Trojan condoms. They are great for preventing pregnancies. For full effectiveness use a pregnancy pill along with the condoms, though this isn't 100% safe.
No method of birth control is 100% effective, including condoms. Of every 100 couples who use condoms correctly and consistently, only two will experience a pregnancy. The pill is 99% effective if used exactly as prescribed and a day is never missed.
Yes, so it's important to use protection such as condoms or the Birth Control pill.
Sugar pills don't have the active ingredient so it would be the same as missing a regular pill. You will be unprotected for 7 days so USE CONDOMS
If you don't start the birth control pill within the time that the injection was effective, you will need to use a backup method, like condoms or abstinence from vaginal sex, for the first seven days of the first pill pack in order to get uninterrupted protection. Keep in mind that the birth control pill is less effective than Depo Provera, so you may choose to use condoms regularly for additional pregnancy (and disease) protection; however, both are considered highly-effective methods.
If you skip even one pill you can become pregnant. Even if you took two in the same day after you remembered there is still a chance. Always use condoms!
* You should avoid sexual intercourse * If you insist on have sexual intercourse, use protections such as condoms or "the pill"
In order for the pill to work, you need to take it consistently every day or it will go out of your system. So you need to take it consistently for another month, and in the meantime use condoms.
Start the birth control pill today. Use a back up method, like condoms or abstinence from vaginal sex, until you've taken seven pills correctly.
A study showed that it could have spermicidal effects... However you shouldn't rely in this if you don't want to get pregnant. Go on the pill, use condoms...
If you have gone through puberty and have a menstrual cycle, yes. To prevent an unplanned pregnancy, use a form of birth control such as the pill or condoms.