Could birth control pills lose their effectiveness? I always keep birth control pills in a closed cabinet in the original packaging, unfortunately once I forgot to close the cabinet and it was open for about 3/4 hours, during this time the sun could fall on the cabinet through the window in the room. Could this have affected the damage to the tablets?
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Angelika Talar-Śpionek Pharmacist, Editor
35 days ago
To @Kasia:
The blister can be placed outside the paper carton - it is important that it is not exposed to direct sunlight.
In the situation you describe, there is no reason to worry - the effectiveness of the drug is preserved.
In a situation when I had to take a contraceptive pill on my way back by train in the evening and sitting by the window, was nothing wrong with them either, since I had to take the blister out of the package for a moment?
Klaudia Ćwiąkała Pharmacist, Editor
15 months ago
Yes, you can rest assured and continue taking the tablets from your current blister.
Thank you very much for your help so I can be calm about the effectiveness and continue to take this blister with tablets?
Klaudia Ćwiąkała Pharmacist, Editor
15 months ago
To @Kasia: In my opinion, this should not affect the effect of the tablets.
And when the tablets stayed about 6 hours in this dark cosmetic bag on the cabinet where the sun was falling, they also could not lose their effectiveness? I apologize for my overzealousness, but I am very concerned about this.
Klaudia Ćwiąkała Pharmacist, Editor
15 months ago
No, this will not affect the effectiveness of the tablets.
So a few hours of exposure of a beautician with tablets to the sun's rays falling through the window does not affect the effectiveness?
Klaudia Ćwiąkała Pharmacist, Editor
15 months ago
To @Kasia: With temporary exposure, it does not matter - even if the cosmetic bag warms up, the slightly higher temperature temporarily will not affect the effect of the drug.
Thank you for your answer, and if the carton with tablets is kept in a black cosmetic bag, the rays through the window do not heat it?
Klaudia Ćwiąkała Pharmacist, Editor
15 months ago
If the tablets were in the original packaging, several hours of exposure to sunlight will not affect the effectiveness of the tablets contained in it. Don't worry. I enclose helpful materials: https://www.gdziepolek.pl/artykuly/jak-przechowywac-leki https://www.gdziepolek.pl/opinie-i-pytania/49147/czy-jak-zostawilam-na-caly-dzien-tabletki-antykoncepcyjne-na-parapecie-w-domu-a-swiecilo-slonce-to
I would like to add that the window I have a blind installed, but the window could be ajar at that time.