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Is It Possible To Delay Periods While On Lo Loestrin Fe?
How can I purposely skip or delay my period on Lo Loestrin Fe? I m on Lo Loestrin Fe, where there are 24 active blue pills, 2 active white pills (that only contain estrogen) and 2 brown nonactive iron supplements. I know that with other pills you can skip or delay your period (if you have an event or something) by skipping the sugar pills and immediately beginning a new pack. But I m not sure how to do this with Lo Loestrin Fe. Do I skip the two white pills AND the two brown pills or just the brown pills I want to be sure I get NO bleeding.
Wed, 24 Aug 2016
Hallow Dear,
The Lo Loestrin Fe pills contain norethindrone acetate & ethinyl estradiol tablets in active 24 blue pills, ethinyl estradiol tablets in 2 white pills and & ferrous fumarate tablets in remaining 2 brown pills.
Blue and white pills are hormonal pills and missing even a single pill from them may result in pregnancy. However, the brown pills are non-hormonal iron pills which can safely be skipped. Please do not skip white pills since they contain Oestrogenic element.
I hope this clarifies your doubts.
DR. Nishikant Shrotri
The Lo Loestrin Fe pills contain norethindrone acetate & ethinyl estradiol tablets in active 24 blue pills, ethinyl estradiol tablets in 2 white pills and & ferrous fumarate tablets in remaining 2 brown pills.
Blue and white pills are hormonal pills and missing even a single pill from them may result in pregnancy. However, the brown pills are non-hormonal iron pills which can safely be skipped. Please do not skip white pills since they contain Oestrogenic element.
I hope this clarifies your doubts.
DR. Nishikant Shrotri
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