Adults: How to Take this pill
For the best contraceptive effect, take Gestodene & Ehinylestradiol in the order shown on the package, and never leave more than 24 hours between tablets. Women should take the tablet at about the same time every day, preferably after the evening meal or at bedtime. Take one tablet daily for 28 consecutive days. Start each new pack on the day after the current pack is finished.
If you have decided to use Gestodene & Ehinylestradiol for contraception, wait for your next menstruation to begin. On its first day, take the first white tablet from the left corner of the top row of the pack (the arrow mark shows where to begin). Keep taking one white tablet each day, following the arrow. After 21 white tablets over 21 days, take one light red placebo tablet every day from the last row of the pack for the next 7 days.
Your menstruation will most likely start while you are taking the light red inactive tablets. Don't stop them. Taking the light red tablets for 7 days helps you keep up your tablet routine. If menstruation doesn't start during this time, check with your doctor to make sure you are not pregnant. After the seven light red inactive tablets, start the white active tablets from another pack of Gestodene & Ehinylestradiol and carry on for as long as you don't want to be pregnant.
Management of Missed Tablets
If you forget a tablet one day, take it as soon as you remember. This may mean taking two tablets the very next day. Also use some other method of contraception while you are taking the tablets and until your next menstruation.
If you forget the tablets for two continuous days, it is likely that you are no longer protected against pregnancy. So stop taking the tablets and use some other temporary method (condom/foam tablet) until your next menstruation. Discard the unfinished pack. On the first day of your next menstruation, start again from the very first white tablet of the top row of a fresh pack.
How to Delay a Period
To delay a period, go straight on to a new pack of Gestodene & Ehinylestradiol after finishing the white active tablets of the present pack (so you don't take the light red placebo tablets of the present pack). You can carry on like this for as long as you wish, up to the end of the second pack. When you want your period to begin, just stop taking the tablets. While using the second pack, a woman may have some breakthrough bleeding or spotting. Start your next pack after the usual 7 day light red inactive tablet interval.
Advice in Case of Vomiting
If vomiting happens within 3 to 4 hours after taking a white active tablet, absorption may not be complete. In that case, follow the advice given under Management of Missed Tablets. The woman must take the extra active tablet(s) she needs from a back up pack after vomiting.
