Switched to New Pills

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-17-2006
Switched to New Pills
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Thu, 06-07-2007 - 7:25pm

I'm back once again. After having problems with my Trinessa (generic for Ortho Tri Lo) my doctor put me on Desogen. The pharmacy gave me the generic, Apri. So far I have noticed a change in my mood, an improvement since the other pills were causing me to be depressed again. I've also noticed I get nosebleeds if I take my pill 15 minutes late. I am curious if there is a reason about that.

My other question is how long should I wait before my pills are effective? I stopped taking Trinessa two weeks before I started Apri, and because of that two of my pills were taken an hour to an hour and a half late at the beginning of the pack. I'm now coming up on the last week of my first pack of new pills and want to know if I should use condoms when my Love comes into town during my first active week of the second pack.

Thanks!

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-30-2003
Thu, 06-07-2007 - 9:26pm

Hi

      Jill