If you are nearsighted or wear contact lenses, you may develop vision problems or trouble wearing your contact lenses. Contact your eye doctor if these problems occur. It may take longer for you to become pregnant after you stop taking birth control pills.
Consult your doctor. This medication should not be used during pregnancy. If you become pregnant or think you may be pregnant, tell your doctor right away. This medication may decrease breast milk production. A small amount passes into breast milk and may have undesirable effects on a nursing infant. Consult your doctor before breast-feeding. Drug interactions may change how your medications work or increase your risk for serious side effects.
This document does not contain all possible drug interactions. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicines without your doctor's approval. Some drugs may cause hormonal birth control to work less well by decreasing the amount of birth control hormones in your body. This effect can result in pregnancy. Examples include griseofulvin, modafinil, rifamycins such as rifampin, rifabutin , St. John's wort, drugs used to treat seizures such as barbiturates, carbamazepine, felbamate, phenytoin, primidone, topiramate , HIV drugs such as nelfinavir, nevirapine, ritonavir , among others.
Tell your doctor when you start any new drug, and discuss if you should use additional reliable birth control. Also tell your doctor if you have any new spotting or breakthrough bleeding, because these may be signs that your birth control is not working well. This medication may interfere with certain laboratory tests such as blood clotting factors, thyroid , possibly causing false test results. Make sure laboratory personnel and all your doctors know you use this medication. If someone has overdosed and has serious symptoms such as passing out or trouble breathing, call Otherwise, call a poison control center right away.
US residents can call their local poison control center at Canada residents can call a provincial poison control center. Keep all regular medical and laboratory appointments. You should have regular complete physical exams which include laboratory and medical tests such as blood pressure, breast exam, pelvic exam, Pap smear to monitor your progress and check for side effects.
Follow your doctor's instructions for examining your breasts, and report any lumps right away. Consult your doctor for more details. Refer to the product package information for advice on missed doses. You may need to use back-up birth control such as condoms, spermicide to prevent pregnancy. If you often forget to take your pills as directed, contact your doctor to discuss switching to another form of birth control.
Store at room temperature away from light and moisture. Do not store in the bathroom. Keep all medications away from children and pets. Do not flush medications down the toilet or pour them into a drain unless instructed to do so. Properly discard this product when it is expired or no longer needed. Consult your pharmacist or local waste disposal company. Selected from data included with permission and copyright by First DataBank, Inc.
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A healthcare professional should be consulted before taking any drug, changing any diet or commencing or discontinuing any course of treatment. This information does not replace the advice of a doctor. Healthwise, Incorporated disclaims any warranty or liability for your use of this information. If using the ring Start a new ring and note what day of the month it is the first day of the month might be easiest to remember.
For example, you may decide that your change date is the first of every month. You would take out the old ring and put a new one in on January 1 st , February 1 st , March 1 st. If using birth control pills You can switch to a pill brand that is designed in an extended or continuous fashion. You can also have less frequent periods with regular monthly pills. First, figure out which pills are the placebos. There are usually seven of them at the end of the pack, and they are a different color than the active pills.
Ask your health provider or your pharmacist if you are not sure! Second, decide how often you want to have a period: To have a period every 63 days, take 63 active pills in a row. This is the number of active pills contained in three packs of most birth control pills. Take one active pill each day, skipping the placebo pills and going right into a new pack of pills. After 63 days of active pills, take five days off. To have a period every 84 days, take 84 active pills in a row, then take five days off.
What causes breakthrough bleeding with oral contraceptives isn't always clear. It may simply take time for your body to adjust to the hormones in the pill or for your uterus to transition to a thinner lining endometrium. Unpredictable bleeding resulting from the use of continuous or extended-cycle birth control pills usually decreases with time.
In the meantime:. If breakthrough bleeding becomes heavy or lasts more than seven days in a row, contact your doctor. He or she will consider other possible causes of breakthrough bleeding, such as an infection. Depending on the circumstances, your doctor may recommend an alternative method of contraception. There is a problem with information submitted for this request. Sign up for free, and stay up-to-date on research advancements, health tips and current health topics, like COVID, plus expert advice on managing your health.
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