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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It was I who said I thought the ring was doubled. My apologies... Thanks for posting and setting the record straight.
Hugs,
Jill
If you don't feel it, and the company isn't sure yet of pregnancy protection with a broken ring, I sure hope i'm not walking around with a broken one in there!!
I always use condoms anyway, but still....
I got my ring out by myself. The reason I noticed it was broken is because it was really low in my vagina and felt funny. When I reached in to push it back up, I noticed it felt different and found it was broken. So I didn't have any trouble getting mine out myself.
The Nuvaring people wanted my ring as evidence as well, but I had already thrown it out by the time I talked to them. The lady on the phone said they'd had quite a few calls about broken rings recently.
I do wonder if it is the yeast infection cream...that seems to be what we both have in common, huh? It does say on their patient information that it is okay to use yeast infection creams, but who knows?
Thanks for posting.
Lisa
I also agree with what a previous poster said about effectiveness -- since the hormones are embedded in the plastic, and it's not like there's a tube somewhere holding them, breaking the ring shouldn't have any effect at all. but since they probably haven't done efficacy testing for the broken rings they can't legally claim that it's still effective. once it's broken it's no longer being used in the FDA-approved manner, and they can't guarantee it'll still work, even though it probably will. I bet you guys have nothing to worry about.
Lisa
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