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How effective are 18 month expired bcp? i heard a birth control pill is a yr expired, it looses 10% effectiveness. am i protected about 85%?

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Dr. Lori Semel answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

NO: You can not make a direct correlation like that in dealing with expired medications. Better to not take the expired pills, just throw them out, they cant be trusted!

Dr A Freisleben-Cook and another doctor agreed

Answered 11/6/2015

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A member asked:

How effective are 18 month expired bcp? i heard a birth control pill is a yr expired, it looses 10% effectiveness. am i protected about 85%?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Lori Semel answered

Dr A Freisleben-Cook and another doctor agreed

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