I forgot my pill for the first time

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Registered: 03-17-2006
I forgot my pill for the first time
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Wed, 09-06-2006 - 6:18pm
I'm not sure what to do, only because I'm not sexually active. I'm afraid to take 2 at once in case I get bad side effects. Is it ok to just take one but be prepared for breakthrough bleeding?
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Registered: 09-07-2006
Thu, 09-07-2006 - 3:55am

i have forgotten )or left the house early figuring i would be back for it was time to take it, and not made it back on time) to take mine once or twice. i would say, go ahead and take two together. i've never had any bad side effects from doing that, at all.

if you're not sexually active, i suppose you would be fine to skip it, but i think it's better to keep your body on track. i don't know when you usually take your pills either, but you could always just take the pill you missed right now, and then take your next one when you usually take them. that way, you're taking them closer together, but not actually at the same time.

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Thu, 09-07-2006 - 7:48am

Instead of taking 2 at once, you could have taken one of them and then about 4-6 hours later taken the other.

Judie Cl for Birth Control 
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Registered: 09-15-2005
Thu, 09-07-2006 - 4:53pm

This is what I've done, and haven't had BTB......


I take the first pill immediately, or as soon as I can (which is what you should do). Then I split the time in half till my normal