I 'm 17 and I wanted to start taking the prevention pill to prevent teen pregnancy .I went to the clinic and they gave me nordette pills .the problem is the nurse did 'nt explain much .I wanna know what does the white pills mean and what does the red mean .And can you please explain any other info I need to know about the pills please .any info will help .thanx doc.

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13 Aug 2007

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I 'm 17 and I wanted to start taking the prevention pill to prevent teen pregnancy .I went to the clinic and they gave me nordette pills .the problem is the nurse did 'nt explain much .I wanna know what does the white pills mean and what does the red mean .And can you please explain any other info I need to know about the pills please .any info will help .thanx doc.

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01 Jan 0001

The red ones are inactive pills. You will have your period at this time. There is a lot of information on the Pill if you search under Contarception on this site.

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