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A member asked:
If i go off birth control for 2 weeks and then go back on it but on another brand, how does that effect my coverage or protection against pregnancy?
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Decreased protection: The question essentially asks if protection against pregnancy is increased, unchanged, or decreased, if a woman skips 2 weeks of birth control pills before starting a new pack of pills (in this case, a new pack of a different brand). The answer is "decreased" protection. Therefore, she should use condoms or another second form of birth control during that one new pack of pills.
Answered 2/20/2016
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