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birth control pill
Is it absolutely (scientifically?) important to take it at around the same time every day? Or is that just what they tell you so it's easier for you to remember to take the pill?
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I think it's like how the body has a biological clock. You wake up and go to sleep a certain time and it would be important for the drug to start working at a certain time so it gets used to being active at that period, if that makes any sense.
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The biggest reason for taking it the same time each day is so you will remember to take it. Its always good to take any type of medication at around the same time of day to keep the levels of that medication more or less the same all the time.
Just so you don't panic though, once you have been taking it a while, if you miss one or don't always take it at the same time, its not a big deal. Your chances of getting pregnant decrease the longer you take it. Women who take it for many years and then decide to start a family may even have difficulty getting pregnant.
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Yes.
Waiting later can actually decrease it's effectiveness.
It also does help you to remember to take the pill every day though so it's extra-important because of that.
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you are supposed to take it at the same time so your body gets used to the hermone. since it is a hermone that is being put into your body you need to have it around the same time everyday otherwise it throws your body off.
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