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Switching to:
Progestin
Progestin
Hormone
Copper
Pill
Patch
Ring
shot
implant
IUD
IUD
(“Depo”)
Switching from:
Pill
No gap:
Start patch
No gap:
First shot 7
Insert
Insert
Can insert
1 day
days before
implant
hormone
copper IUD
take 1st pill
insert ring
before
4 days
IUD 7 days
up to 5
of new pack
the day
stopping pill
before
before
days after
the day
stopping pill
after taking
stopping pill
after taking
any pill in
stopping pill
stopping pill
any pill in
pack
old pack
Patch
No gap:
First shot 7
Can insert
Start pill
Insert
Insert
1 day
copper IUD
insert ring
days before
implant
hormone
before
4 days
IUD 7 days
and remove
stopping
up to 5
before
before
stopping
patch on the
patch
days after
patch
same day
stopping
stopping
stopping
patch
patch
patch
Ring
Start pill
Start patch
First shot 7
Insert
Insert
Can insert
1 day
2 days
days before
copper IUD
implant
hormone
before
before
4 days
IUD 7 days
up to 5
stopping
before
before
days after
stopping
stopping
ring
ring
ring
stopping
stopping
stopping
ring
ring
ring
Progestin shot
Can take 1st
Can start
Can insert
Can insert
Can insert
Can insert
pill up to 15
patch up to
ring up to
implant up
hormone
copper IUD
(“Depo”)
weeks after
15 weeks
15 weeks
to 15 weeks
IUD up to
up to 16
the last shot
after the
after the
after the
15 weeks
weeks after
last shot
last shot
last shot
after the
the last shot
last shot
Progestin implant
Can insert
Start pill
Start patch
Start ring
First shot
Insert
7 days
7 days
7 days
7 days
copper IUD
hormone
before
before
before
IUD 7 days
before
up to 5
before
implant is
implant is
implant is
implant is
days after
removed
removed
removed
removed
implant is
implant is
removed
removed
Hormone IUD
Start pill
Start patch
Start ring
First shot
Insert
Can insert
7 days
7 days
7 days
7 days
implant
copper IUD
before IUD
before IUD
before IUD
before IUD
4 days
right after
before IUD
is removed
is removed
is removed
is removed
hormone
is removed
IUD is
removed
Copper IUD
Start pill
Start patch
Start ring
First shot
Insert
Insert
7 days
7 days
7 days
7 days
implant
hormone
before IUD
before IUD
before IUD
before IUD
4 days
IUD right
is removed
is removed
is removed
is removed
before IUD
after copper
is removed
IUD is
removed
and use
back-up
method for
7 days
Reproductive Health Access Project / June 2015

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