CYCLEN.
If you have vomiting or diarrhea within 3–4 hours of taking your pill, take another pill of the same color from your extra pill dispenser. If you do not have an extra pill dispenser, take the next pill in your pill dispenser. Continue taking all your remaining pills in order. Start the first pill of your next pill dispenser the day after finishing your current pill dispenser. This will be 1 day earlier than originally scheduled. Continue on your new schedule.
If you have vomiting or diarrhea for more than 1 day, your birth control pills may not work as well. Use an additional birth control method, like condoms and a spermicide, until you check with your healthcare provider.
Stop taking ORTHO-CYCLEN or ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN at least 4 weeks before you have major surgery and do not restart after the surgery without asking your healthcare provider. Be sure to use other forms of contraception (like condoms and spermicide) during this time period.
Before you start taking ORTHO-CYCLEN or ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN:
Decide what time of day you want to take your pill. It is important to take it at the same time every day and in the order as directed on your pill dispenser.
Have backup contraception (condoms and spermicide) available and if possible, an extra full pack of pills as needed.
When should I start taking ORTHO-CYCLEN or ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN?
If you start taking ORTHO-CYCLEN or ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN and you have not used a hormonal birth control method before:
There are 2 ways to start taking your birth control pills. You can either start on a Sunday (Sunday Start) or on the first day (Day 1) of your natural menstrual period (Day 1 Start). Your healthcare provider should tell you when to start taking your birth control pill.
If you use the Sunday Start, use non-hormonal back-up contraception such as condoms and spermicide for the first 7 days that you take ORTHO-CYCLEN or ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN. You do not need back-up contraception if you use the Day 1 Start.
If you start taking ORTHO-CYCLEN or ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN and you are switching from another birth control pill:
Start your new ORTHO-CYCLEN or ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN pack on the same day that you would start the next pack of your previous birth control method.
Do not continue taking the pills from your previous birth control pack.
If you start taking ORTHO-CYCLEN or ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN and previously used a vaginal ring or transdermal patch:
Start using ORTHO-CYCLEN or ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN on the day you would have reapplied the next ring or patch.
If you start taking ORTHO-CYCLEN or ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN and you are switching from a progestin-only method such as an implant or injection:
Start taking ORTHO-CYCLEN or ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN on the day of removal of your implant or on the day when you would have had your next injection.
If you start taking ORTHO-CYCLEN or ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN and you are switching from an intrauterine device or system (IUD or IUS):
Start taking ORTHO-CYCLEN or ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN on the day of removal of your IUD or IUS.
You do not need back-up contraception if your IUD or IUS is removed on the first day (Day 1) of your period. If your IUD or IUS is removed on any other day, use non-hormonal back-up contraception such as condoms and spermicide for the first 7 days that you take ORTHO-CYCLEN or ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN.
Keep a calendar to track your period:
If this is the first time you are taking birth control pills, read, "When should I start taking ORTHO-CYCLEN or ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN?" above. Follow these instruction
