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I took my bc pill at 3, got sick and threw up around 11pm. could i have lost the pill? should i take a backup?
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It is long gone: The pill your took at 3 pm is "long gone", that is, absorbed by the time you threw up at 11 pm. Just make sure that you take the next doe on time.
Answered 9/26/2016
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