Do You Have To Be On Your Period To Start Sprintec? (Top voted first)

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My doctor said to start sprintec the Sunday after my period started. I haven't had it yet and started them yesterday anyway. My period should be here soon. Should I wait to take the second pill until my period starts or just continue taking them? And if I should continue them, how soon would they become effective?

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Hello, Alex! How are you?

If you start oral contraceptives the first or second day of your period, they will be immediately effective. However, if you start them at any other point in your cycle, it will take a full 7 days for them to become effective, so you would not be able to have unprotected intercourse, until the 8th day.

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Thank you! That answered my question. If I have any more I will post them here.

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Hello, so I just started my birth control on June 29th and I'm not due to start my period until July 11th. I read some of the above answers on it taking 7 days to become fully effective but my concern is on the white pills for the last week. Since I started the birth control before my period, how do those white pills work? And am I supposed to abstain from intercourse while on those white pills since they are "inactive" pills? They have me concerned... thank you for your help!

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