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Can I Take Nexplanon Along With Birth Control?

Hi. I just took my nexplanon just yesterday my doctor recommended me to keep taking my birth control pills for the last 7days so i can have unprotected sex if i wanted to and to stop taking the pills on the 7th day, since the nexplanon will start working till then on its own? Is that safe mixing both together....
posted on Tue, 22 Sep 2015
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HI,
I understand your concern.
Nexplanon is a long acting hormonal contraceptive.
Usually it's inserted from day 1 to day 5th of menses / on the day when last active pill of oral contraceptive is taken .
I don't know when you got it inserted. But any way 7 days of barrier contraception is recommended after Nexplanon insertion, if it's before finishing the old pack of contraceptive / wait till the last pill of old pack & insert on following day .. For adding oral contraceptive hormones to the Nexplanon inbuilt hormone may cause temporary hormonal imbalance.
Thanks.
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Can I Take Nexplanon Along With Birth Control?

HI, I understand your concern. Nexplanon is a long acting hormonal contraceptive. Usually it s inserted from day 1 to day 5th of menses / on the day when last active pill of oral contraceptive is taken . I don t know when you got it inserted. But any way 7 days of barrier contraception is recommended after Nexplanon insertion, if it s before finishing the old pack of contraceptive / wait till the last pill of old pack & insert on following day .. For adding oral contraceptive hormones to the Nexplanon inbuilt hormone may cause temporary hormonal imbalance. Thanks.