Confustion about missed Yasmin pill!

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-05-2003
Confustion about missed Yasmin pill!
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Thu, 06-21-2007 - 6:33pm

Please advise: I take my Yasmin pill every day at noon. Today I stupidly forgot, and didn't take it until 3:45. I took it as soon as I remembered. I am on my fifth pill of the first active week. When I got home from work, I looked in my Yasmin pamphlet that comes with my pills. It says that if I miss a pill, just to take it as soon as I remember, which means I could take two in a 24-hour period. Then it says "you do not need to use a back-up birth control method if you have sex."

Is this true? I mean, I suppose I don't have to if the manufacturer is telling me I don't need to, but I always thought that I did need to for seven days if I missed a pill.
Any input? Thanks!

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-19-2003
Fri, 06-22-2007 - 12:16am

We've read that the FDA is recommending a labeling change to include backup for one missed pill, and I think some pill manufacturers are taking their advice and some aren't.

Judie Cl for Birth Control