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Is it okay to let the birth control pill disolve in water (or crush it) before taking it?


does it change how it reacts with your body or become less effective?

i wouldn't recommend crushing it, since your doctor would have told you if you could. they have a new type of birth control pill out now that is chewable called the Ovcon 35. you can chew it or swallow it whole. talk to your doc about getting that or changing to a new method such as the shot, patch, or ring. Source(s): http://www.plannedparenthood.org/birth-c...
I'd advise against crushing or trying to dissolve the pill.

For starters, the hormones in the pill do not dissolve readily in water. Secondly, those pills are so small, if you break them, you risk losing too much mass in the process, so you might not take in enough hormones to be effective.

If you REALLY have a problem swallowing pills, I suggest you look into NuvaRing or Ortho-Evra (the birth control patch).

Oh, and btw MEN can know a thing or two about birth control. It's SEXIST to assume they wouldn't. Have you never had a male gynecologist? Or even a male doctor? As I recall, BOTH my endocrinology professors were men, and they taught ME about how birth control works. So, in the true spirit of feminism, let's welcome equality and reject sexism by not being prejudiced against males, even in matters that seem exclusively female to you.
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no
id just take it how your suppose its so smalll you shouldnt' have a hard time taking it properly

i'm horrible at taking pills as i'm worried about choking on them
No, but it may taste AWFULLY. They are very small any way, aren't they?
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