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| Sun, 09-10-2006 - 6:09pm |
so i've been on the nuvaring for about 3 months now. i was previously on the pill for a year or so.. anyways, i was experiencing breakthrough bleeding just this past month that was heavy enough to use a tampon. in changing the tampon once my ring fell out into the toilet and i accidentally flushed it without realizing it. this was on monday. if i reinsert a new ring next monday should i use an alternate method of birth control or since it was only out for a week (a week earlier than it should have been taken out) am i ok?
thank you,
ashley

We don't know what the effectiveness of the ring is if you use it for less than the 21 days in the prescribing information (it was tested for effectiveness with 3 and 4 weeks in and 1 week out).