Diarrhea on Placebo week

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minischnaulover
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Diarrhea on Placebo week

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I started having diarrhea (which I know is several watery stools within a 24 hour period) on the second day of my placebo birth control pills. Do I need to use backup protection even though I am not on the active pills? I am fairly sure that this can't affect the birth control efficacy since I'm on the placebo pills, but I just wanted to confirm that. Thank you!
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Re: Diarrhea on Placebo week

Unread post by Redskies »

You're right, this won't affect your pill's effectiveness because you're on the placebos at the moment. Diarrhoea would only be a problem if it might interfere with the absorption of an active pill, and on the second day of the placebos, it certainly can't do that :)

In general, we do suggest using dual contraception for people who don't want to become pregnant. If you feel happy with your pill as a single method, though, there's no reason to do anything differently to usual simply because of that diarrhoea.
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