a question about ortho evra

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Registered: 04-04-2003
a question about ortho evra
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Tue, 06-22-2004 - 3:05pm
I have just switched to ortho evra me and my husband will be celebrating out one year anniversuary the begining of august. How do i skip a period or change when i will get it with out lousing the effectivness of the patch. could i leave the third patch on for the forth week or do i remove it when i should and apply a new one and continue like its just a regular cycle. thanks for the help

love julie
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Registered: 04-19-2004
Tue, 06-22-2004 - 4:04pm
You shouldn't leave your patch on for more than 7 days, but I think some women around here have had success skipping periods by putting on a new patch for the fourth week. I get the impression that doing that frequently can get expensive, though.

Congratulations on your anniversary!

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Tue, 06-22-2004 - 4:25pm
thanks for the help i dident think you should leave it on for more than7 days but its always better to be safe than sorry were in the military so we dont have to pay out anything for prescriptions thanks again.

julie
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