A 16-year-old female asked:
i just started my second pack sprintec. how effective is it without a condom?
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Dr. Julie Abbott answered
44 years experience Preventive Medicine
Very effective: Sprintec is a combined estrogen and progestin oral contraceptive pill. If it is taken exactly as precribed the chance of unintended pregnancy is less than 1%. It sounds like you have appropriately used back-up condoms for the first cycle. Condoms need not be used for contraceptive purposes as you continue the Sprintec, but are still needed to prevent STD's/STI's.
Answered on Sep 28, 2016
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