Sunday Start Date On Tri Lo Sprintec

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Was just put on Tri-Lo Sprintec after being on Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo for 10 years... It says you have the option of a Sunday start date, which you start the first Sunday after you start your period unless you start your period on Sunday - in which case you take it the same day.

I started my period on Sunday, but didn't pick up my prescription until Tuesday. Can I still start this coming Sunday, or do I now have to wait a month?

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Well, really if you were just switching from one prescription to another, you shouldn't have had any gap in taking it, you should have just continued with the new pill in place of the old one.

Otherwise, since you've now had a gap, I am not certain if they will want you to wait a month or just start on Sunday. Have you consulted your doctor? They will be best able to advise you.

But, normally, when just switching medications, you don't restart it, you just continue it as if you had never stopped taking it.

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I had my period last week from roughly Tuesday-Friday. I was just prescribed Tri-Sprintec today (the Wednesday after my period finished). I have taken it before in the past but didn't keep up with it.

I know that it says to start either the Sunday or the first day of my period so my OBGYN said to start it on my next period. Would I be ok to start it now? My main concern presently is not the birth control aspect, but getting used to the hormones ASAP for personal reasons.

Is there any harm to starting the pill on what is kind of an arbitrary start date and this much after my period? What might be the side effects? Also- in case it IS ok to start it whenever, when will I be protected (and this is the birth control part) from getting pregnant? Will it be after my next period?

Thanks so much.

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