Sprintec Start Date

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My Dr. prescribed Sprintec for me to regulate my increasingly late periods. I am just starting it now for the first time. The Dr. messed up and didn't call it in to my pharmacy so I missed the day 1 and Sunday start options. Now it's monday and I don't know how to start taking these pills. I am just now stopping my period cycle for this month although I still have spotting. I'm concerned about how to start taking this first dose. I do not want to get pregnant right now so I don't know if I should just take the one dose, or if I should take a double dose as if I missed the Sunday dose of the medicine. Could someone please respond to me today so I know what to do. I can't call my Dr. after hours and I don't trust pharmacists at chain stores. Thank you.

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The day you start it really doesn't matter, they usually just say Sunday, because that makes it easier for some women to remember, however, you can't start it any day you want to do so.

Just take one tablet daily and make sure not to miss any. If your menstrual cycle is already over for the month, then you'll need to use additional protection for the first 7 days, to prevent pregnancy.

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Thank you. I appreciate the response. That is basically what I did. I just took the one dose and now i've taken one dose every day. I was on the very last day of my cycle when I took the first pill. So we will be using extra protection for at least 7 days just to be sure. Pretty much I just went with common sense since I had nothing else to go on. So I'm glad I was right. Thanks again. :)

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Hey - I'm on tri-sprintec and I started mid-week, like on the thursday, but i didn't take the first pill of the pack, i took the pill that was underneath the thursday label (so that i would keep track)..im making sure im taking all the grey ones first and then the blues etc (in the right colour order), but it doesn't matter the days right?

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