Sprintec Dosage

Starting COCs in women not currently using hormonal contraception (Day 1 Start or Sunday Start)

Important: Consider the possibility of ovulation and conception prior to initiation of this product.

Tablet Color:

• Sprintec active tablets are blue (Day 1 to Day 21).
• Sprintec has white inactive tablets (Day 22 to Day 28).

Day 1 Start:

• Take first active tablet without regard to meals on the first day of menses.
• Take subsequent active tablets once daily at the same time each day for a total of 21 days.
• Take one white inactive tablet daily for 7 days and at the same time of day that active tablets were taken.
• Begin each subsequent pack on the same day of the week as the first cycle pack (i.e., on the day after taking the last inactive tablet)

Sunday Start:

• Take first active tablet without regard to meals on the first Sunday after the onset of menses. Due to the potential risk of becoming pregnant, use additional non-hormonal contraception (such as condoms and spermicide) for the first seven days of the patient’s first cycle pack of Sprintec.
• Take subsequent active tablets once daily at the same time each day for a total of 21 days.
• Take one white inactive tablet daily for the following 7 days and at the same time of day that active tablets were taken.
• Begin each subsequent pack on the same day of the week as the first cycle pack (i.e., on the Sunday after taking the last inactive tablet) and additional non-hormonal contraceptive is not needed.

Switching to Sprintec from another oral contraceptive

Start on the same day that a new pack of the previous oral contraceptive would have started.

Switching from another contraceptive method to Sprintec

Start Sprintec:

• Transdermal patch

• On the day when next application would have been scheduled

• Vaginal ring

• On the day when next insertion would have been scheduled

• Injection

• On the day when next injection would have been scheduled

• Intrauterine contraceptive

• On the day of removal
• If the IUD is not removed on first day of the patient’s menstrual cycle, additional non-hormonal contraceptive (such as condoms and spermicide) is needed for the first seven days of the first cycle pack.

• Implant

• On the day of removal

Take the tablet as soon as possible. Continue taking one tablet a day until the pack is finished.

Take the two missed tablets as soon as possible and the next two active tablets the next day. Continue taking one tablet a day until the pack is finished. Additional non-hormonal contraception (such as condoms and spermicide) should be used as back-up if the patient has sex within 7 days after missing tablets.