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Question regarding sugar pills
| Thu, 07-22-2004 - 3:44pm |
Hi,
I currently take Junel fe 1/20 It is a 28 day pack with the 7 sugar pills. I know that the 4th week are reminder pills to keep me on track but I was wondering... If I set my alarm to take them as I do my regular active pills but instead of taking them just throw one out every day for 7 days, would that harm anything? Since they are doing me no good I was hoping it would be okay to get up and pop pill from package but instead of taking it, toss it. Do this for 7 days and when I get to the active pills, resume taking them. Is this okay to do?

Hi Lucy,
There is nothing in those placebo pills, I trash mine every month! I know that I start the next Sunday with the pills again, so I give myself a week "off"
It will harm nothing if you do not take them.
Thanks for responding to my post. To answer your question, I don't want to take them because I set my alarm for 5:30 a.m. every morning and jump out of bed to take them. I am the paranoid type and must take them every day at the exact same time. If I don't absolutely have to take them, I can just stay in bed a little longer and not worry about it. I won't forget to toss them because they are right next to my toothbrush and I see them first thing every morning. If I could take a break 7 days out of the month, I would really enjoy that. Thanks again.
Thanks for your reply. Yes, I agree, that can be my week of freedom. I don't think my pills have any iron in them, my doctor never mentioned them and I am taking the generic of Loestrin. What you stated is exactly what I want to do... give myself a little break once a month and not freak out if I don't take that fourth week at 5:30 a.m. For one week I can hit my snooze button on my radio and know I will still be okay. Thanks again... I greatly appreciate the reply.
Thanks again for the information. My reminder pills are brown.. I had no idea they had iron! Well, I think it might be best if I do take them. I don't want to be deficient in iron especially since that might be one of the reasons my doctor prescribed those particular ones to me. Best to you.