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| Fri, 07-07-2006 - 2:46pm |
I'm on Trinessa, which is the generic form of Othro TriCyclen Lo, and I have a question about skipping the 7 day pills. I'm going on a camping trip with my boyfriend and I do NOT want to be on my period for that week, so I was wondering if it was okay to skip those pills and start a new pack. Thanks guys!

Hi
Jill
I agree with Jill, while you -could- skip the placebo week and go into a new pack, the likelihood that you'd have breakthrough bleeding is pretty good unless you follow a slightly different procedure than people who are taking monophasic (all active pills the same dose) pills.
If you don't have much time, you can get an extra pack of pills and instead of taking the placebos from the pack you're in, take the dark blue (week 3) pills so that the dose of hormones is the same in that fourth week as it was in the third week.