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Adults:

How to Take this contraceptive pill: Take one tablet by mouth at the same time every day. The failure rate may increase when pills are missed or taken incorrectly. To achieve maximum contraceptive and PMDD effectiveness, this contraceptive pill must be taken as directed, in the order directed on the blister pack. Single missed pills should be taken as soon as remembered.How to Start this contraceptive pill: Instruct the patient to begin taking this contraceptive pill either on the first day of her menstrual period (Day 1 Start) or on the first Sunday after the onset of her menstrual period (Sunday Start).Day 1 Start: During the first cycle of this contraceptive pill use, instruct the patient to take one pink contraceptive pill daily, beginning on Day 1 of her menstrual cycle. (The first day of menstruation is Day 1.) She should take one pink contraceptive pill daily for 24 consecutive days, followed by one light orange tablet daily on Days 25 through 28. this contraceptive pill should be taken in the order directed on the package at the same time each day, preferably after the evening meal or at bedtime with some liquid, as needed. this contraceptive pill can be taken without regard to meals. If this contraceptive pill is first taken later than the first day of the menstrual cycle, this contraceptive pill should not be considered effective as a contraceptive until after the first 7 consecutive days of product administration. Instruct the patient to use a non-hormonal contraceptive as backup during the first 7 days. The possibility of ovulation and conception prior to initiation of medication should be considered.Sunday Start: During the first cycle of this contraceptive pill use, instruct the patient to take one pink contraceptive pill daily, beginning on the first Sunday after the onset of her menstrual period. She should take one pink contraceptive pill daily for 24 consecutive days, followed by one light orange tablet daily on Days 25 through 28. this contraceptive pill should be taken in the order directed on the package at the same time each day, preferably after the evening meal or at bedtime with some liquid, as needed. this contraceptive pill can be taken without regard to meals. this contraceptive pill should not be considered effective as a contraceptive until after the first 7 consecutive days of product administration. Instruct the patient to use a non-hormonal contraceptive as backup during the first 7 days. The possibility of ovulation and conception prior to initiation of medication should be considered.The patient should begin her next and all subsequent 28-day regimens of this contraceptive pill on the same day of the week that she began her first regimen, following the same schedule. She should begin taking her pink tablets on the next day after ingestion of the last light orange folate tablet, regardless of whether or not a menstrual period has occurred or is still in progress. Anytime a subsequent cycle of this contraceptive pill is started later than the day following administration of the last light orange tablet, the patient should use another method of contraception until she has taken a pink contraceptive pill daily for seven consecutive days.When switching from a different birth control pill: When switching from another birth control pill, this contraceptive pill should be started on the same day that a new pack of the previous oral contraceptive would have been started.