• If your healthcare provider tells you to start taking your pill
on Sunday, take your first pill on the first Sunday after your
period begins.
• If your period begins on Sunday, take your first pill that day.
STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR
USING YOUR VERIDATE
®
PILL DISPENSER
Overview:
Each VERIDATE® Pill Dispenser has 28 pills. See Figure A.
ORTHO NOVUM® 1/35
•
21 peach pills with hormones, for Days 1 to 21
• 7 green pills (without hormones), for Days 22 to 28
ORTHO NOVUM® 7/7/7
• 7 white pills with hormones, for Days 1 to 7
• 7 light-peach pills with hormones, for Days 8 to 14
• 7 peach pills with hormones, for Days 15 to 21
• 7 green pills (without hormones), for Days 22 to 28
STEP 1
Place the refill in the VERIDATE® Pill Dispenser so that the “V”
notch in the refill is at the top of the dispenser. Press the refill
down so that it fits firmly under all the nibs. See Figure B.
STEP 2
Sunday Start:
Remove the first pill at the top of the dispenser (Sunday) by
pressing the pill through the hole in the bottom of the
dispenser. See Figure C.
Day 1 Start:
If you take ORTHO NOVUM® 1/35:
• If your healthcare provider tells you to start taking your pill
on “Day 1,” choose a peach pill that corresponds with the
day of the week on which you are taking the first pill.
• Remove that peach pill by pressing the pill through the hole
in the bottom of the dispenser. See Figure D.
“V” NOTCH
INNER
CIRCLE
NIB
GREEN
TABLETS
PEACH
TABLETS
OUTER
CIRCLE
ORTHO NOVUM® 1/35
ORTHO NOVUM® 7/7/7
NIB
NIB
NIB
“V” NOTCH
NIB
PEACH
TABLETS
OUTER
CIRCLE
GREEN
TABLETS
INNER
CIRCLE
NIB
LIGHT
PEACH
TABLETS
NIB
WHITE
TABLETS
Figure A
“V” Notch
Press here
Figure B
Figure C
Figure D
Choose your
start day
