YAZ Dosing Question

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-18-2006
YAZ Dosing Question
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Sun, 08-27-2006 - 2:06pm

This might be a strange question. I'm on Yaz, which has 24 active pills and 4 inactive pills instead of 21 active pills and 7 inactive pills. I know that in Europe that lower dose of Yasmin is Yasminelle, which has 21 days of active pills and 7 days of inactive pills in the same chemical formation as Yaz. My quesiton is, if I wanted to not take the last 3 active pills next month, and to take a break from the hormones for 7 days, like other people do on other birth control pills, would I be protected like on other pills, or would I need to use back up? I think that Yaz has fewer placebo pills for less fluctuation in hormones, as well as for providing a shorter period. I just wanted to know if the efficacy of the pill is also affected by this different dosing schedule.

Any information anyone has would be really appreciated!

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-19-2003
Mon, 08-28-2006 - 7:37am

The hormones in Yaz are no different from what's in Yasmin, which is a 21/7 pill, so I would think you'd be all right to do a 21/7 with Yaz if you wanted.

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