A 20-year-old woman using a COC has severe diarrhoea lasting 48 hours. She has continued taking her pills. What advice should she receive?...

Question

A 20-year-old woman using a COC has severe diarrhoea lasting 48 hours. She has continued taking her pills. What advice should she receive?

Accepted Answer

No additional precautions are needed as she continued pill-taking

Answer

She should follow the missed pill rules: use condoms for 7 days and consider EC if UPSI occurred

Answer

She should stop the COC until diarrhoea resolves

Answer

She should double her pill dose during the diarrhoea

Answer

Switch to a non-oral method permanently

uk-dfsrh MCQ (SBA): COC Severe Diarrhoea Management