How late is the pill considered “late”?

Question

I just started taking ”lo loestrin fe” after removing the iud! It says to take every day at the same time. Does anyone know how late in time is considered ineffective? For example I’ve been taking it at 9p but today I missed it by 6 minutes. Is that late? And how late from 9p would be risky?

Answer

usually 12 hours is late

Answer

If your on the combination pill (estrogen and peogestin)  you have a 12hr window to take it. You don't have to take combination pills at the same exact time, as long as your taking it every day your protected. Missing a combination pill would mean not taking it for the WHOLE entire day, meaning you'd have to take two pills the day after u missed one. If u miss one pill the effectiveness goes from 99% to 70% 😓

How late is the pill considered “late”?

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