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[adelaide.livejournal.com]

anyone here on ortho-novum 777? planned parenthood no longer carries loestrin (the bcp i have been on since february) and they switched me to ortho-novum 777. they said they were the most similar of all the pills. just wondering if anyone else takes them and if it's possible i can take 2 months at a time (which is what i was doing with loestrin).

thanks.

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[littlelave.livejournal.com]

I use ortho-novum 777, and what I've read is that you start taking the pills on the Sunday after your last period. But I usually just start them on a sunday, but you really don't have to.

As for taking two months at a time, I wouldn't suggest doing so, unless they directed you to do so.

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[adelaide.livejournal.com]

so should i start this sunday after my last pack is up....or get my period and then start next sunday? lol. i've been on the pill for ages and i still can't get it straight.

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[littlelave.livejournal.com]

I would start next sunday. it will eventually be on track after the second month or so.

[adelaide.livejournal.com]

i'm going to give planned parenthood a call tomorrow b/c i've read in some books that when switching brands you should start right after your last pack. but i'm not positive so i'm going to call.

[geminigirl]

I haven't been on either of those two pills, but I did some checking for you on this website which has information about the pill formations. It looks like the levels of estrogen and progestin are slightly different in the two pills; it's probably fine to take two months at a time, but when you first start out, I'd say give yourself three months to settle into the side effects and see how you respond before you start doing that. Just make sure that the pill agrees with you, know what your period is normally like on that pill before you start changing things.

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[adelaide.livejournal.com]

thanks for the link! i was looking all over for something like that and couldn't find it. i appreciate you looking into it for me.