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Question I recently started trinessa birth control. It contains 14 blue pills, 7 white pills and 7 green pills. I just started the birth control last Sunday, but during the course of the week i accidently took 2 of the white pills in replace of the blue ones. Will the birth control still be effective? Also, last night the condom broke. What are the chances of me getting pregnant?
Answer Hi Brenna,
The blue pills are also active pills. They have a different amount of estrogen/progesterone combination than the white pills. There shoud be 2 different shades of blue pills. If this is the first time you are on oral contraceptives and the condom broke, you need to see your doctor or a pharmacist regarding obtaining Plan B which is the morning after pill. As to what happens` if you take the pills out of sequence at this point it is probably the best thing to just carry on with the regular sequence. If it happens more than once you need to see a doctor about alternatives. You may need to scrap the current pack and restart the cycle.
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Eric Brandt, B.Sc. Pharm
