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| Wed, 08-04-2004 - 3:47pm |
I am currently on my 10th month of taking Seasonale. I'm just wondering what have other people been directed to do regarding the safeness and timeline of unprotected sex while on the pill. My Doc suggested that after I've taken a full 7/8 days worth of my pills, it is safe again to not use back up. Another told me 10. I'm so confused and now worried! I started my new pack on 7/18 and waited till the 27th to have unprotected sex again with my Fiance. That was 8 days. Should I be worried??

Hope this helps!
No you shouldn’t be worried, assuming you have been taking your pills correctly. After the first 7 active (pink) pills you are protected from pregnancy. At the end of a pack of Seasonale, when you get to the white (placebo) pills you are protected while taking them for 7 24 hour days. If you go any longer that 7 24-hour days without taking active pills then you need to use back-up until you have taken 7 days of active pills correctly.
If you are taking your pills correctly there is no need to use back-up every time you begin a new pack. This is from the prescribing information on the Seasonale site: http://www.seasonale.com/hcp/pi.asp
“During the first cycle, contraceptive reliance should not be placed on Seasonale until a pink (active) tablet has been taken daily for 7 consecutive days and a non-hormonal backup method of birth control (such as condoms or spermicide) should be used during those 7 days. The possibility of ovulation and conception prior to initiation of medication should be considered.
The patient begins her next and all subsequent 91-day courses of tablets without interruption on the same day of the week (Sunday) on which she began her first course, following the same schedule: 84 days on which pink tablets are taken followed by 7 days on which white tablets are taken. If in any cycle the patient starts tablets later than the proper day, she should protect herself against pregnancy by using a non-hormonal backup method of birth control until she has taken a pink tablet daily for 7 consecutive days.”
“Any time the patient misses two or more pink tablets, she should also use another method of non-hormonal back-up contraception until she has taken a pink tablet daily for seven consecutive days. If the patient misses one or more white tablets, she is still protected against pregnancy provided she begins taking pink tablets again on the proper day. The possibility of ovulation increases with each successive day that scheduled pink tablets are missed. The risk of pregnancy increases with each active (pink) tablet missed.”
Let us know how you like Seasonale and how you’re doing, ok?
Good luck,
Jill