How to skip a period on Kariva?
- Posted:
- 18 Oct 2010 by xanadotcom
- Topics:
- kariva, mircette, generic
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So I am on Kariva (the generic form of mircette). The first 21 active pills are white and then there are 2 green inactive pills and then 5 blue pills that have a very small dose of hormones in them from my understanding; the booklet that comes with the pills even says not to worry if you miss a blue pill because it does not affect your protection against pregnancy and then I read online that the blue pills are there to help menstrual migranes.
I want to skip my period this month because I'm supposed to get my period on Halloween and my costume is white. So my question is do I just skip the 2 green pills or do I skip the 5 blue pills also? I'm not sure if the blue pills count as active pills are not so I'm not sure and I really do not want to get my period this month
18 Oct 2010
You skip the 2 green pills and the 5 low dose blue pills.
The low dose blue pills are to help with problems due to hormonal fluctuations such as hormonal migraines and painful periods because of endometriosis etc. They also offer "better" protection because of the shortened placebo period.
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