I think I need this explained from the beginning because l’m missing something. You are protected during the placebo pills even though those pills don’t do anything, right? So technically you can skip the week of placebo pills and be just fine – meaning you are not taking birth control for a week and are still protected. But why do people get pregnant if they miss regular pills? Help me make sense of this.
Disclaimer: Yes, I understand there’s always the possibility of getting pregnant even if you use birth control pills correctly.
In: Biology
I’d you’re taking them as prescribed, your body builds up a concentrate of the medicine, so the placebo reinforces the habit and process of taking the pill but there’s no actual medicine in it because it’s not needed. If there weren’t placebos there would be an over-concentration in your body potentially causing defects or some ill effects
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