Caffeine

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Registered: 07-05-2006
Caffeine
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Sat, 11-04-2006 - 9:06am

Is it bad or okay to swallow it with pop? I did that last night because there was nothing else around the time I needed to take it.

Another question, I started my pill on the sunday of my period, and a few weeks ago I didn't take my pill until an hour later of my usual time. I read the the pamphlet that came with the pill and it didn't specify how long is considered a missed pill, so I freaked out and took two pills, so now my pills start or end on a Saturday because that's the day when I took two, so I have to put the weekly stickers that come with my pill so that it says its starting on a saturday instead of Sunday. Later I found out that 24 hours is considered a missed pill, not only one or two hours. Oops. I don't think that I overdosed though or made it less effective, right? Is this okay that it says it starts/ends on a Saturday now?

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Registered: 03-19-2003
In reply to: stephanien719
Sat, 11-04-2006 - 10:09am

I've done it!

Judie Cl for Birth Control 
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In reply to: stephanien719
Sat, 11-04-2006 - 10:56am

Ah, good!

Well, I'm taking the 28 day but since I don't take the 7 inactive pills and keep taking the red active pills, it probably would be considered 21 pills per pack that I take even though there's really 28. So I really haven't missed any, I just take them continously, so once I'm on my last pill of the packet I go get a refill.

Oh I thought of one more question. The first bc pill that my dr. put me on, I tried for a month or two, then I went to the scheduled appointment, and he switched me to a different brand that had a higher level of estrogen so that I wouldn't break through bleed because he said you can stop bleeding completely. So I'm on this new one that he switched me to, and I sometimes have BTB but very little and not as much as the first pill. I have an appointment/checkup coming up on the 22nd, do you think I need to switch again or is the one I'm on fine even though I'm having a little bit of BTB? And do I need to tell him about the two pills I took in the same night because I thought I had missed one even though I didn't?

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Registered: 07-19-2005
In reply to: stephanien719
Sat, 11-04-2006 - 1:05pm
No worries about taking the pill with soda. Neither the carbonation nor the caffeine will decrease effectiveness. The pill does affect the metabolization of caffeine in some women, so you may find that it takes less caffeine to get that jittery feeling than it used to. And, caffeine can increase PMS symptoms, so if you find after a while that you are having more cramps or breast tenderness than you used to , you might consider reducing your caffeine.
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Registered: 03-19-2003
In reply to: stephanien719
Sun, 11-05-2006 - 9:28am

If you're taking the pill continuously (skipping all the placebos), some breakthrough bleeding wouldn't be unusual.

Judie Cl for Birth Control 
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Registered: 07-05-2006
In reply to: stephanien719
Sun, 11-05-2006 - 10:08am

If I want to switch my pill...

I have a dr. appointment on the 22nd. Saturday I got a new pill pack, I took it to the movies with me since I take my pill at 9 every night, and they somehow fell out of my purse, and my pharmacy isn't open today, I really don't want to miss one because I thought that missing one makes the pill less effective.

Is there anyway I can just not take them for this month, then when I go to my dr. tell him that I want to switch to a different pill?

I also don't really understand what makes the pill less effective, if me not taking my pill tonight is going to make it less effective, I don't want to miss it. So what can I do?