Vitex castus and the pill - need answer asap!!! - Birth Control Message Board

Blodeuedd · 03-05-2007, 03:11 PM

I need a quick answer if anyone can help me. I started my period today and planned to start the pill. It needs to be taken today as it is the first day of my period. I had been on Vitex herbal tincture to help hormone things and i know that it cant be taken at the same time as the pill but i took it this morning.

If i take the pill now, after taking the tincture this morning will that effect me in anyway?

If i stopped taking the tincture today will it still be in my system in a few days when i have stopped my period and able to have sex again? If it is then i cant have sex until it is out as i dont want it to effect my contraceptiveness....not a word sorry but you know what i mean.

Mrs.Khan · 03-05-2007, 03:34 PM

i am not so sure abt herbal tincture but I think it sould be out of the system in 1-2 days .Anyways U take the pills and u can use some alternative method of contraception alongwith the pill for about1.5 weeks after the periods which is the most fertile time (ovulation )

Blodeuedd · 03-06-2007, 02:05 AM

Thanks for the reply. Yeah il take the pill and use something extra for a week or so to be sure. Thanks again

vintagegirl · 03-06-2007, 07:41 AM

Why can't you take Vitex and the pill together? What will happen?

vintagegirl · 03-06-2007, 07:44 AM

One more question...how much of the tincture are you taking (I'm assuming a tincture is in drop form?) My herbal shop only had it in pill form.....it said to take two 450 mg tablets a day for 8 weeks, then one thereafter. I feel GREAT on it...but I hope I'm not overdosing on it? The shop owner said the amount recommended in a book I was reading (20 mg) was awfully small. Hope he wasn't just trying to make a sale.