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If i took a sugar pill on sunday from my birth control but want to take the real pills starting on monday, what should i do? should i take sunday and mondays pill?

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Dr. John Berryman answered

Oral birth control: If your "sugar pills" are seven in number, and you have taken all of them, start the active ("real" ) pills the first day after the "sugar pills" are finished.

Answered 3/30/2020

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A member asked:

If i took a sugar pill on sunday from my birth control but want to take the real pills starting on monday, what should i do? should i take sunday and mondays pill?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. John Berryman answered

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