Question..

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i am still fairly new to taking the birth control pill, and i have a question. each week the pills are sectioned off into different colors- white, blue, dark blue, and green. is each pill within the colors are the same dosage of whatever? or do they gradually increase? it is difficult for me to keep hiding the packaging of the pills since my mother does not approve of the pill, i was wonder if i could mix all the white pills together, all the blue together, and the dark blue together..will it make a difference, or do you need to take each pill after another? i hope this makes sense..

You'll have to read the package and see. Some types have the same dosage and others have different levels. Yours sounds like it has different dosages and you need to take tham in order. What kind of BC do you have?

ortho tri cyclen

Just like your natural levels of hormones vary throughout your cycle, so do the hormonal doses in ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN, delivering three levels instead of just one. So you get the right amount of hormones throughout your cycle to prevent pregnancy—with a low dose.As you go through your normal cycle, every 28 days or so, the pituitary gland releases hormones that signal the ovaries to prepare an egg and send it to the uterus—to be fertilized. However, when you take ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN, which contains two types of hormones (norgestimate and ethinyl estradiol), it inhibits this process from occurring and, as a result, no egg is released. It also thickens the cervical mucus, making it difficult for sperm to enter the uterus. So it's easy for you to prevent pregnancy. http://www.orthotricyclen.com/about/howworks.html