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What are the placebo pills in Ortho Tri-Cyclen?

Joe Ford

What are the placebo pills in Ortho Tri-Cyclen?

ORTHO-CYCLEN

  • Each active blue tablet contains 0.250 mg of norgestimate and 0.035 mg of ethinyl estradiol. Inactive ingredients include carnauba wax, croscarmellose sodium, FD & C Blue No.
  • Each dark green placebo tablet containing only inert ingredients, as follows: FD & C Blue No.

Can you skip placebo pills Ortho Tri-Cyclen?

Do not skip any doses. Pregnancy is more likely if you miss pills, start a new pack late, or take your pill at a different time of the day than usual.

What happens if you don’t bleed on placebo pills?

Sometimes the lining is so thin that it does not shed during the placebo week. There is no medical consequence to skipping a period while you are on birth control pills. The uterine lining is not thickening and you are not increasing your risk for uterine cancer. So, don’t worry.

Will I bleed on placebo pills?

The placebo pills don’t contain hormones. During your break week, you’ll experience something called withdrawal bleeding. This bleeding is similar to the regular menstrual period you would get if you weren’t using birth control patches, rings, or pills.

Are you supposed to start your period on the first sugar pill?

The 21 and 24 day pill packs have placebo pills (sugar pills) and your period will usually start after the first or second sugar pill. It is ok to restart a new pill pack even if you are still on your period.

Do vitamins mess up birth control?

Multivitamins won’t affect birth control pills. Only if you are on a supplement with high dose magnesium, such as a specific antiacid not just a multivitamin.

Can you take vitamin B while on birth control?

You may have heard that you can’t take B vitamins with birth control pills. It’s true that taking birth control pills may lead to vitamin B-6, B-12, and vitamin B-9 (folic acid) deficiency. However, there’s no current scientific research that taking biotin, which is vitamin B-7, with birth control pills causes issues.

Can the pill cause B12 deficiency?

Use of oral contraceptive pills has been associated with lower serum levels of B12 [1–15]. For example, Sütterlin et al [14] observed in a case-control study conducted in Western Europe significantly lower B12 levels in oral contraceptive (OC) users than in controls.