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A member asked:
Should i take another birth control pill if i produce loose stools immediately after taking the pill?
3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Try another pills: You probably not responding well to hormones combination. Pills probably working anyways. It's still in your stomach if you have bm immediately after taking it.
Answered 4/15/2018
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Please clarify: Are you saying you develop diarrhea within an hour of taking the pill and wonder if it is effective, or you have always had diarrhea on this pill? Timing matters.If this is a one time deal and your loose stools started hours after you took it one time, it was probably absorbed and will work.If worried, use condoms during this cycle.If it always gives you squirts, change pills.
Answered 6/15/2021
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