What to do if you forget to take the pill

• If you forget a pill, take it as soon as you remember and the next one at your normal time.
• If you are 12 or more hours late with any pill (especially the first or last in the packet) the pill may not work. As soon as you remember, continue normal pill-taking.
• However, you will not be protected for the next seven days and must either not have sex or use another method such as the sheath.
• If these seven days run beyond the end of your packet, start the next packet at once when you have finished the present one, ie do not have a gap between packets.
• This will mean you may not have a period until the end of two packets, but this does you no harm. Nor does it matter if you see some bleeding on tablet-taking days.
• If you are using everyday (ED) pills, miss out the seven inactive pills. If you are not sure which these are, ask your Doctor.