when a girl starts taking the pill does it work immediately or is there some lag time in which she can still get preggars?

4/25/2008 5:48:04 PM

if you don't know, maybe you shouldn't be doing her.

4/25/2008 5:49:09 PM

YOU DUN FUCKED UP

4/25/2008 5:49:16 PM

a punch in the uterus works right away

4/25/2008 5:49:23 PM

4/25/2008 5:54:08 PM

lag time = 1 month

4/25/2008 5:54:47 PM

^use spell check?

4/25/2008 5:55:40 PM

yes, there is some time before it starts working. You should wait a month with her on pills before it can be completely effective.

4/25/2008 5:59:06 PM

[Edited on April 25, 2008 at 6:44 PM. Reason : kik]

4/25/2008 6:44:07 PM

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"Sunday Start When taking ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN® Lo the first white “active” tablet should be taken on the first Sunday after menstruation begins. If the menstrual period begins on Sunday, the first white “active” tablet should be taken that day. Take one white, light blue or dark blue “active” tablet daily for 21 days followed by one dark green “reminder” tablet daily for 7 days. After 28 tablets have been taken, a new course is started the next day (Sunday). For the first cycle of a Sunday Start regimen, another method of contraception should be used until after the first 7 consecutive days of administration. If the patient misses one (1) white, light blue, or dark blue “active” tablet in Weeks 1, 2, or 3, the tablet should be taken as soon as she remembers. If the patient misses two (2) white or light blue “active” tablets in Week 1 or Week 2, the patient should take two (2) “active” tablets the day she remembers and two (2) “active” tablets the next day; and then continue taking one (1) tablet a day until she finishes the pack. The patient should be instructed to use a back-up method of birth control if she has sex in the seven (7) days after missing pills. If the patient misses two (2) dark blue “active” tablets in the third week or misses three (3) or more “active” tablets in a row, the patient should continue taking one tablet every day until Sunday. On Sunday the patient should throw out the rest of the pack and start a new pack that same day. The patient should be instructed to use a back-up method of birth control if she has sex in the seven (7) days after missing pills. Complete instructions to facilitate patient counseling on proper pill usage may be found in the Detailed Patient Labeling (“How to Take the Pill” section)."

from http://www.thepill.com/thepill/shared/pi/Tri-Cyclen_Lo_PI.pdf#zoom=100

[Edited on April 25, 2008 at 6:47 PM. Reason : 

4/25/2008 6:44:57 PM

Just keep wrapping it for a while.

4/25/2008 6:46:14 PM

wrap it for the first seven days of the first pack of pills unless she starts it at the beginning of her period

4/25/2008 7:15:50 PM

a punch in the uterus works right away

4/25/2008 7:20:15 PM

a punch in the uterus works right away

4/25/2008 7:26:11 PM

the whole wait a month thing is really overkill but if she didnt start at the first of her month or whatever then def wait until the next month

4/25/2008 7:27:04 PM

I don't know if there is a lag time but human error is what helps a woman get pregnant, that is if she does not take it at a regular time EVERYDAY! Glad that I am on Mirena.

4/25/2008 7:30:14 PM

yup. human error is what makes it only 99.9% effective.

4/25/2008 7:31:19 PM

with human error there is an 8% failure rate

4/25/2008 7:52:18 PM

yeah, I should have known there were lots of people who can't use things right.

I had a teacher in high school who was also a nurse, who said a patient of hers thought that you were supposed to put the pill up into the vagina for it to work. She came back to the clinic pregnant and wondering why.

4/25/2008 8:13:50 PM

Make it idiot proof and they'll just make a better idiot.

4/25/2008 8:26:50 PM

shit just got real son

4/25/2008 8:42:15 PM

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"yup. human error is what makes it only 99.9% effective."

...Uhm.

4/25/2008 11:26:49 PM

wow. those are the real directions for ortho? I don't think a freaking PhD could figure that shit out. Jeez

4/25/2008 11:32:00 PM

just come on her instead of in her

4/25/2008 11:46:47 PM

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"yup. human error is what makes it only 99.9% effective. "

WRONG

4/25/2008 11:47:00 PM

^already been corrected, but thanks for your concern

4/25/2008 11:53:33 PM

4/25/2008 11:55:21 PM

yeah it's only 99.9% effective if you take it perfectly. If you mess up the risk of failure jumps a lot.

You should wait at least a week for it to take effect, to be safe give it a month.

4/26/2008 2:51:54 AM

This is sort of like the herpes meds commercial. "5 pills, 5 times a day? That's 25 pills! Who can remember all of that?"

Motherfucker, look, if I had to inject something directly into my dick every 2 hours in order to stop my herpes or to keep from knocking a chick up I would do it. Remembering to take your No Babies pill should be pretty easy.

4/26/2008 3:05:18 AM

this is good ol fashioned birth control

4/26/2008 3:12:54 AM

Yup, if Serra was pregnant he ain't now!

4/26/2008 3:13:23 AM

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"I had a teacher in high school who was also a nurse, who said a patient of hers thought that you were supposed to put the pill up into the vagina for it to work."

The worst part about that is the doctor explains how to use the pills when you first start taking them.

4/26/2008 7:33:46 AM