Vomiting after taking Ortho lo?

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Registered: 08-13-2004
Vomiting after taking Ortho lo?
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Sun, 09-26-2004 - 2:05pm
Hi everyone, I'm on Ortho tri cyclin lo and this morning after taking my pill, I threw up (about 15 minutes later) for reasons not related to the pill or any morning sickness, etc. (a little too much partying last night.) I called a nurse and also got online and pretty much everything said to take a "replacement" pill, so I took one from another pack. Was this the right thing to do? I'm kind of worried because I have been having unprotected sex recently. Any advice would be great... thanks.

--SB
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Registered: 12-30-2003
Sun, 09-26-2004 - 3:35pm
Hi meddreams, welcome back!

You did the right thing. Since OTC-Lo is a triphasic pill (one with three different dosages of hormones during the active weeks) you should have taken one of the same color pills that you vomited. If you did that within a few hours of your regular pill time then you should be fine. If you are really concerned you can always use back-up for 7 days of correctly taking active pills.

Take care,

      Jill