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A member asked:

I am on the contraceptive pill. i had been accidentally taking 6 day breaks for the past year and a half and i only realized i need to take a 7 day br?

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It's fine!: There's no magic about 7 days. Some pills are packaged as 24 days on and 4 off. This schedule may even be slightly more effective for contraception. The only downside if 21 days on, 6 days off, is that every pack starts on a different day of the week. But that's fine too! Don't worry about it.

Dr Altman and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 5/9/2016

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