A woman who is taking a combined oral contraceptive (COC) that contains 21 days of active pills and 7 days of inert pills reports having headaches accompanying withdrawal bleeding every month. The nurse will
a. counsel her to take ibuprofen to counter these side effects.
b. notify her provider to discuss these adverse effects.
c. recommend a Loestrin Fe product.
d. suggest she ask her provider about Mircette.
ANS: D
Mircette provides 2 inert pills and 5 pills with 10 mcg of ethinyl estradiol during the counter phase, which helps to decrease withdrawal bleeding and headaches. Loestrin counters withdrawal bleeding but does not help with headaches.
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