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I was contemplating my first case of birth-control pills, when the laziness of the "reminder pills" struck me.
Refresher course for those unfamiliar: Most birth-control pills have three weeks of hormone pills that do the work, then a fourth week (when the pill-taker menstruates) of inert pills that
you take so you don't forget to start a new pack when the week is up.
Now, if you've ever tried to swallow an itty-bitty birth control pill, you know those suckers get stuck in your throat really easily. Swallowing an inert substance just seemed an uneccesary bother to me, so I threw them out everyday instead.
But why couldn't they actually *do* something? I want placebo-week pills that help me through the menstruation process. Iron supplements or whatever the stuff is in cranberries that helps prevent urinary tract infections. Better yet, they could be chocolate-flavored. Give women a reason to take that week's pills, and you'll get fewer women forgetting to start the next pack on time.
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(Don't just make them chocolate flavored. Just make them chocolate, period.) |
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Yes! If they were real chocolate, that would reinforce the "keep in a cool, dry place" instruction. If you didn't keep them sufficiently cool, the chocolate would melt, stick to the plastic, and be much harder to enjoy. |
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Chocolate wouldn't serve the stated purpose. They would all be eaten on the first day, and then the whole reminder concept is compromised. |
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What an excellent idea! I don't know any woman who doesn't throw out the placebos. It's so annoying - most of the time, the 21-day pills don't even have smaller packaging, so you might as well get the 28-days. |
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While GT has a point about the chocolate going away too quickly, I love the iron-pill or cranberry suggestion. |
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Someone on Ebay was selling chocolate molds shaped like BC containers... |
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BAKED! Some brands contain iron in the 7 otherwise inert pills, which makes a lot of sense: the iron lost via menstrual blood often causes a mild anemia in women of childbearing age. |
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