![]() If you’re not sure what kind of pill you’re taking or what to do after you’ve missed a pill, keep taking the rest of your pills as usual. If you’re more than 3 hours late with your pill, your protection against pregnancy might be affected. Take your next one at your usual time and continue with the pack If it’s been less than 3 hours since you were meant to take your pill, you are still protected against pregnancy. Use extra contraception, like condoms, for the next 2 days (48 hours). Only take 1 pill, even if you’ve missed more If you’re more than 12 hours late with your pill, your protection against pregnancy might be affected. Take your next one at your usual time and continue with the pack. Take the missed pill as soon as you remember If it’s been less than 12 hours since you were meant to take your pill, you are still protected against pregnancy. Each pill must be taken in the same 3 hour period every day. ![]() If there’s no desogestrel in your pill, and the main ingredient is norethisterone or levonorgestrel, then you are taking a 3 hour pill. This means you need to take the pill within the same 12 hour period every day If the main active ingredient in your pill is desogestrel, then you’re taking a 12 hour pill. You can check this by looking for the drug names on your pill package or in the information leaflet that comes with the pill. This is really important as the missed pill rules are different depending on what kind of pill you are taking. If you miss a pill for any reason, you need to know if you’re taking a 12 hour or 3 hour version of the progestogen only pill. You did not take a pill during the usual time window you take a pill Missing a progesterone only pill can mean: If you’re using the progestogen only pill (sometimes called the mini pill), you might know it by the brand names Cerazette, Cerelle, Noriday or Norgeston. You might need emergency contraception if you had unprotected sex since you missed the pills or during the 7 days before you missed the pills. If there are less than 7 pills left - do not take a pill-free break at the end of the pack. If there are more than 7 pills left - finish the pack as usual and take a pill-free break for 7 days when you’ve finished the pack If you come to the end of your pill pack after missing 2 or more days, check how many pills you have left. Keep taking the rest of the pack as usual. Use extra contraception, like condoms, for the next 7 days Take the last pill you missed now, even if it means taking 2 pills in 1 day If you’re taking your pill more than 48 hours late, it can affect your protection against pregnancy. If you have a pill-free break, take it when you usually would. Keep taking the rest of the pack as usual Take the pill you missed now, even if it means having 2 pills on the same day If you’ve missed one pill, anywhere in the pack, or you started a new pack one day late, you’re still protected against pregnancy. You had severe diarrhoea for more than 24 hours which means your pill might not have been absorbed fully. You’ve vomited within 3 hours of taking your pill or You did not take a pill for a day (24 hours) If you're taking Daylette, Eloine, Qlaira or Zoely, follow the information given in the patient information leaflets. Generally, we recommend the following: If you’re taking a combined pillĬombined pills include artifcial versions of 2 hormones, oestrogen and progesterone. If you have the information leaflet that came with your pills, that will tell you what you do. ![]() If you’ve forgotten or missed a pill or pills, what you need to do will depend on the type of pill you take, where you are in your pill pack, and how many pills you’ve missed.
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