Good morning, 4 hours of taking the contraceptive pill I gave a loose stool? Is the protection preserved?

If diarrhea occurred after 4 hours after taking the drug, it does not affect the effectiveness of hormonal contraception. For example, if you use the tablet regularly at 7 am, if diarrhea occurred after 11 o'clock, it does not affect the effectiveness of the drug. On the other hand, the occurrence of diarrhea between 7 and 11 hours reduces the contraceptive effectiveness of the drug used.

Thank you very much Mrs. Ewo because Mrs. Joanna very twisted the topic .... I asked the doctor who says that after 4 hours diarrhea is not dangerous. On foreign sites there is information that diarrhea lasting 48 hours threatens as well as chronic diarrhea. On Italian and Spanish sites he writes that diarrhea does not threaten at all that only vomiting is dangerous ... There is no research. On english sites, however, it is that the occurrence of 6 to 8 diarrheal h of stools prompts the use of a condom. I write as if someone was looking here. What is the truth, unfortunately, there is probably no chance to find out

I do not really understand your answer because earlier you write that if diarrhea occurs after 4 hours it means that contraception is not now that it is ... It's terribly confusing

In the fourth hour it means between 3 and 4 yes?

If a period of more than 4 hours has passed since the use of the drug, the effectiveness of contraception is preserved, the tablet has been absorbed. However, if diarrhea occurs in the fourth hour after taking the preparation, there is a possibility of malabsorption.

So if my diarrhea started 4 hours after taking the pill, am I protected or not?

When answering your questions, we are guided by the indications contained in the Summary of Product Characteristics. Below I attach the content of the Characteristics, informing that if within 3-4 hours of taking the tablet there are gastrointestinal disorders, absorption may be disturbed.

In another question where the girl took the pills at 6 p.m. and vomited at 2 a.m., you advised taking another pill. Are you aware that you gave the wrong advice? Ukotka speaks clearly about 4 hours.

So why is the leaflet information that the pill is absorbed for 4 hours?

The occurrence of diarrhea after 4 hours after taking the drug may interfere with the absorption of the tablet. Absorption may not be complete.

I gave the first watery stool 4 hours after the tablet another 2 stools after another 3 hours. Please read the question carefully. Orlifique