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Is It Safe To Take Plan B While On 'tri-spintec'?
I take Tri-Spintec for birth control and missed a pill this month. I recently had unprotected sex so I took three of my pills from the third week dose. I heard this is almost as effective plan B, Is this true? Is it still safe for me to take plan B if it will not be effective?
Mon, 1 Sep 2014
Hello and welcome,
Missing one pill does not pose much risk of carrying a pregnancy and so extra protection is not needed. If the sex occured more than 7 days after the missed pill and you have taken the rest of the pills on time then extra protection is not needed at all.
Oral pills can be used as plan B. The recommended dose is 4 pills as soon as possible and 4 pills 12 hours later. However we do not recommend continuing the pack after this and advice use of condom for the rest of the cycle until a new pack is started.
Do not take plan B now as you have already taken the pills. Just take 4 pills after 12 hours they are equally effective.
Hope this satisfies your query.
Thanks for using HCM.
Feel free to ask any more questions that you may have.
Dr Madhuri Bagde
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist
Missing one pill does not pose much risk of carrying a pregnancy and so extra protection is not needed. If the sex occured more than 7 days after the missed pill and you have taken the rest of the pills on time then extra protection is not needed at all.
Oral pills can be used as plan B. The recommended dose is 4 pills as soon as possible and 4 pills 12 hours later. However we do not recommend continuing the pack after this and advice use of condom for the rest of the cycle until a new pack is started.
Do not take plan B now as you have already taken the pills. Just take 4 pills after 12 hours they are equally effective.
Hope this satisfies your query.
Thanks for using HCM.
Feel free to ask any more questions that you may have.
Dr Madhuri Bagde
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist
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