Missed 1 or 2 pills

• Take a pill as soon as you remember.
• Keep taking pills as usual (You may end up taking 2 pills at the same time or on the same day)

Missed 3 or more pills in the 1st or 2nd week of pill cycle -OR- started a new packet 3 or more days late :

• Take a pill as soon as you remember .
• Use a backup method (condoms) or avoid sex for the next 7 days.
• If you had unprotected sex in the past 5 days consider taking Emergency Contraceptive Pills (ECPs).

Missed 3 or more pills in the 3rd week of pill cycle:

• Take a pill as soon as you remember.
• Finish alt hormonal pills in the packet.
• For a 28-pill packet, throw away the 7 non-hormonal pills at the end of the packet.
• Start a new packet the next day.
• Use a backup method (condoms) or avoid sex for the next 7 days. If you had unprotected sex in the past 5 days consider taking Emergency Contraceptive Pills (ECPs)

Missed any non-hormonal pill(s) hormonal pills (last 7 pills in 28-day pill packet) :

• Discard the missed non- hormonal pill(s) hormonal pills.
• Keep taking the pill, one each day, start the new packet as usual.