Starting Lo Loestrin Fe Tonight But Confused About White And Brown Pills (Top voted first)

I took a month off of bc pills to give my body a chance to cleanse in a way. I have endometriosis so I need to be on bc pills continuously which means I'd skip the placebo pills and go right to the next pack. Jowever no where in the I instructions for lo estrin fe does it explain what the brown and white pills are. I heard the brown ones are reminder pills which makes no sense to me. Do they have hormones like the blue pills? And are thw white pills placebo? Or the brown ones?I need to skip all placebos so I am only taking the blue pills continuously. But I wanna make sure the brown onea arent improtant to take. Thanks!

REPLY

REPORT

Im 22 and taking lo loestring fe. I wanted to skip my period so instead of taking the 2 white and 2 brown pills i started my new pack of blue pills? Is this safe and am i still protected against pregnancy?

REPLY

Was this helpful? 48

Hi amanda,

According to the prescribing information on loloestrin.com, Lo Loestrin Fe consists of 28 tablets in the following order (3):
- 24 blue tablets (active), each containing 1 mg norethindrone acetate and 10 mcg ethinyl estradiol

- 2 white tablets (active), each containing 10 mcg ethinyl estradiol

- 2 brown tablets (non-hormonal placebo), each containing 75 mg ferrous fumarate. The ferrous fumarate tablets do not serve any therapeutic purpose

I hope this helps to answer your question! :)

REPLY

Was this helpful? 14

Good evening. I am on my last week of the pill and I accidentally took a white pill instead of the bill pill. What should I do?

REPLY

Was this helpful? 0

I started to take Lo loestrin Fe last week on Thursday. I did not have my period then. I am confused if I have it now or not. Also do I take the pill when i have my period? I am just really confused on how to ttake it. I have been to the website for this pill but I am still confused

REPLY

Was this helpful? 0

Earlier today I had unprotected intercourse. I took a white pill after that like an hour later. Now I regret it because I do want a baby... What now?

REPLY

Was this helpful? 0

I took the first white pill of LoLo Estrin yesterday and woke up to a period today (supposed to take second white pill t...

4 REPLIES

I started my pack on a Tuesday and now Im at the end of my pack on the second white pill and it's Saturday. I'd ...

2 REPLIES

Last month I took all the blue pills but I skipped the white and brown pills. I know the 2 brown pills are just iron pil...

13 REPLIES

My pain Dr. by my suggestion wrote me a prescription for Suboxene but without instructions how to take. Do I have to sto...

1 REPLY

My period came on Aug 7th and I got started on a new birth control (Lo Loestrin Fe). Since the end of my period I have b...

6 REPLIES

I started the pill 1 month ago and I thought the white pill was water pill so I skipped the 2 white pills and the brown ...

1 REPLY

Hi, I started taking lo loestrin on the first day of my period as instructed. Then, my period ended about two days after...

1 REPLY

I have been taking lo loestrin fe for a few months now. I was supposed to start a new pack on Monday (now it's Thurs...

3 REPLIES

Period started at 11pm Sunday. Started taking my pills at 7am Monday. I keep waking up after 7am and so i'm taking p...

1 REPLY

I am almost done with my first pack on Lo loestrin fe and 2 days ago I started spotting, no big deal. It seems to have g...

1 REPLY