Broken Nuvaring
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Broken Nuvaring
| Sun, 06-27-2004 - 9:47pm |
I remember reading a while back that someone had a nuvaring break inside of them. I had the same thing happen and just noticed it today. I called them, but of course they are not open on the weekends. So, does anyone know if a broken ring is as effective as a non-broken one? Should I take it out and put in a new one?
Thanks for any answers!
Lisa

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You can wear it while it's broken? Doesn't it hurt?
Were you wearing it conventionally? I think, if I remember correctly, the other member who had a ring break was wearing it doubled up. If I were you I'd remove the broken ring and replace it with a new one and, just to be safe, use back-up for at least 7 days. Let us know how you were wearing your ring when it broke and what the NuvaRing people say, ok?
Edited 6/29/04 to note that the original member whose NuvaRing broke was wearing it correctly and not doubled.
Good luck,
Jill
I haven't heard back from the Nuvaring people yet, but I will let you know what they say.
Thanks for the response.
Lisa
They also want me to talk to their drug development department...they are supposed to call me back later today.
Lisa
Curious what the drug development people are going to ask you. It does say on the web site that its okay to use OTC yeast infection treatment while using the ring.
Sara
Sara, I am finishing up my first month with the Nuvaring and I too am noticing that I have more discharge..But it isn't so bad..I think I will get used to if eventually. It isn't itchy like a real yeast infection but semi-annoying none-the-less
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Lisa
I think you're okay, but i would still use condoms until then.
Sara
Lisa
Oh, and you are probably right about them not testing broken rings yet since it is still so new. But, who is going to want to test a broken ring? I could just here the Nuvaring people telling women, "Here, try this ring. We don't know how effective it is when broken and we want to find out how many of you get pregnant while using it". :)
and also, someone said something about my ring being doubled up, but that is wrong, I was using it correctly and it broke. I was told that there was no problem using the OTC yeast infection med yet apparently it weakened the ring and it broke the day after I inserted a 3 day ovule insert for treatment of the yeast infection.
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