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A member asked:
When you start a new pack of birth control after your break week, does everything restart? how does it work?
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The pill works mostly by preventing egg release during the part of your cycle when it would otherwise. When it does not release you are not at risk of pregnancy. The dummy pills are just a way to keep you in the pattern of taking a pill daily, they don't change the effectiveness of BC when taken properly
Answered 1/25/2023
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