If you have a short menstrual cycle, you'll need additional contraception, such as condoms, until you've taken the pill for 2 days. If you start the progestogen-only pill on any other day of your cycle, you will not be protected from pregnancy straight away and will need additional contraception until you've taken the pill for 2 days. If you've just had a baby, you can start the progestogen-only pill on day 21 after the birth. You'll be protected against pregnancy straight away. If you start the progestogen-only pill more than 21 days after giving birth, use additional contraception such as condoms until you've taken the pill for 2 days.
If you've had a miscarriage or abortion , you can start the progestogen-only pill up to 5 days afterwards and you'll be protected from pregnancy straight away. If you start the pill more than 5 days after a miscarriage or abortion, use additional contraception until you've taken the pill for 2 days.
If you're taking a 3-hour progestogen-only pill and are less than 3 hours late taking it, or if you're taking the hour progestogen-only pill and are less than 12 hours late:. The pill will still work, and you'll be protected against pregnancy — you do not need to use additional contraception. Do not worry if you've had sex without using another form of contraception. You do not need emergency contraception.
If you're taking a 3-hour progestogen-only pill and are more than 3 hours late taking it, or you're taking the hour progestogen-only pill and are more than 12 hours late, you will not be protected against pregnancy. It takes 2 days for the progestogen-only pill to thicken cervical mucus so sperm cannot get through or survive. The Faculty of Sexual Health and Reproductive Healthcare recommends using extra contraception for 2 days after you remember to take your pill.
The patient information leaflet that comes with your pill might say to use condoms for the next 7 days after you remember to take your pill. This is because it takes 7 days for the pill to stop you ovulating. If you're sick vomit within 2 hours of taking a progestogen-only pill, it may not have been fully absorbed into your bloodstream. Take another pill straight away and the next pill at your usual time.
If you do not take another pill within 3 or 12 hours of your normal time, use additional contraception, such as condoms, for 2 days 7 days for the hour pill. If you continue to be sick, keep using another form of contraception, such as condoms, while you're ill and for 2 days after recovering. Very severe diarrhoea — 6 to 8 watery poos in 24 hours — may also mean that the pill does not work properly.
Keep taking your pill as normal, but use additional contraception, such as condoms, while you have diarrhoea and for 2 days after recovering, or 7 days if you're taking a hour pill. Speak to a pharmacist, nurse or GP, or call NHS or the national sexual health helpline free on , if you're unsure whether you're protected against pregnancy, or if your sickness or diarrhoea continues.
If you're healthy and there are no medical reasons why you should not take the progestogen-only pill, you can take it until your menopause or until you're The progestogen-only pill is safe to use if you're breastfeeding. Small amounts of progestogen may pass into your breast milk, but this is not harmful to your baby. It does not affect the way your breast milk is produced.
Although it's very unlikely, there's a very small chance that you could become pregnant while taking the progestogen-only pill. If this happens, there's no evidence that the pill will harm your unborn baby. If you think you may be pregnant, speak to your GP or visit your local contraception clinic. Cerelle is the generic version of Cerazette. They have the same active ingredients and work in exactly the same way. Cerelle can be a more cost effective version of this mini-pill.
Most women will not experience any side effects on Cerazette, but some report irregular bleeding — this usually settles within 3 months. Other side effects can include headaches, acne, feeling sick, mood swings, and breast sensitivity. For full information on side effects and correct use, see the patient information leaflet. If any side effects concern you, contact us via your Patient Record.
If you forget to take it, unlike most mini pills, Cerazette offers a window of 12hrs in which it can be taken and still protect you from pregnancy. Take the forgotten pill as soon as you remember. Then take the next pill at the normal time. This may mean taking 2 pills in one day. If you do not take it within 12hrs of the usual time, you will not be protected against pregnancy. Continue to take your pills as usual but use condoms for the next two days.
If you've had unprotected sex during this time, you may need emergency contraception. Cerazette is suitable for smokers, and is a good alternative to the combined contraceptive pill. Cerazette is safe to use while breastfeeding. There is no evidence that the progestogen-only pill will cause women to put on weight.
You may find your weight changes throughout your cycle due to fluid retention and other reasons not related to the pill. You can request and pay for a Cerazette prescription online. As this pill is a prescription-only medication, even if you are using an online doctor, you will need a prescription from a clinician before you can buy Cerazette online.
You should never buy the contraceptive pill online without a prescription from a regulated health service with professionally qualified and registered clinicians. If you would like to switch your contraceptive pill, contact us via your Patient record or get an appointment with your GP to discuss the change.
If you are changing to a new pill you would be advised to have no break between the packs and you may have to use other contraceptive methods during the changeover. In North America it is called the progestin-only pill. The POP contains a progestogen hormone.
This hormone is similar to the progesterone hormone made by the ovaries. A progestogen is also the hormone that is in several other types of contraceptives. You can read more about these other types of progestogen contraceptives in our separate leaflets called Contraceptive Injection , Contraceptive Implant , Intrauterine System IUS and Emergency Contraception. The progestogen hormone in older traditional POPs is either levonorgestrel or norethisterone. A newer type of POP contains a progestogen hormone called desogestrel.
Older POPs work mainly by thickening the sticky mucus made by the neck of the womb cervix. The mucus forms a plug in the cervix. This stops sperm from getting through to the womb uterus to fertilise an egg. POPs also have some effect on the ovary.
Your ovaries do not release an egg ovulate as often when you take the POP. The newer type of POP containing desogestrel stops ovulation most of the time. Stopping ovulation is the main way these newer pills work. Between women in 1, using the POP will become pregnant each year.
If no contraception is used, more than in 1, sexually active women become pregnant within one year. Correct use gives the lower figure 3 per 1, and includes taking the pill exactly according to instructions, at the same time every day.
If it is not taken correctly, more women will become pregnant 80 per 1, The effect on periods can vary. Some women taking the POP continue to have regular normal periods. However, some have irregular periods, some have very infrequent periods and some have no periods at all.
Some women also have occasional 'spotting' between periods. You should continue to take the POP every day, including when you have periods.
However, if you do develop irregular bleeding while taking the POP, you should inform your doctor. Irregular bleeding can sometimes be due to another reason - for example, an infection, which may need to be treated. Side-effects are very uncommon. If one or more do occur, they often settle down over a couple of months or so. Examples of possible side-effects include mood swings, increase in acne, and breast discomfort. There is no evidence that the POP causes women to put on weight.
Most women can take the POP and it can safely be taken until you are 55 years of age. See our separate leaflet called Contraception for the Mature Woman for more information.
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