missed pill - HELP!

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-05-2003
missed pill - HELP!
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Fri, 03-19-2004 - 10:04pm
Hi all-

OK, I have been on Yasmin for about 6 months now and have always taken it religiously at 730pm every night! well, tonight i forgot until about 945pm. is this going to make a big difference? i'm at the end of week 1. HELP!

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-25-2003
Fri, 03-19-2004 - 10:16pm
Arg I know what you mean, coincidently I was 2 hours and 15 minutes late on my pill today too! which i never do...but im at the end of my 3rd week which is suppose to be worse if you miss a pill then. i freaked out for a moment and was gonna post like you but by reading older posts, and the instructions that came with my pills, it appears that 2 hours late won't make much, if any, of a difference. And i believe that you don't need to use any backup birth control method unless you miss two or more pills in a row. As long as you took your pill when you remembered all should be cool ;)

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-30-2003
Fri, 03-19-2004 - 10:33pm
Hi txshoppergal, welcome!

Kelli's right about the +/- 2 hours of you pill time being considered acceptable. However, for missed pills the FDA is now suggesting that manufacturers change the labeling on OCs to recommend that if even one pill is missed back up should be used for 7 days so that is what this board is now recommending. You don't want to make it a habit, but being late by 2 1/4 hours with one pill you should be ok. Look at the recent discussion on ways to remember your pill-time. http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=iv-bhcontracept&msg=11327.1

Good luck

      Jill