If you start taking Sunya on the first day of your period, you’ll get immediate protection from pregnancy. You can also start to take it on days 2-5 of your cycle, but you’ll need to use additional contraception such as condoms for the first 7 days.

Take 1 pill every day for 21 days at the same time. You can take Sunya either with or without food. Whichever you prefer.

Next to each pill is printed the day of the week. If you start taking Sunya on a Wednesday for example, take the pill with ‘Wednesday’ printed next to it. Follow the direction of the arrow on the strip until you’ve taken all 21 pills.

Once you’ve taken all 21 pills, take a 7-day, ‘pill-free’ break. Over this 7-day break, you should experience a bleed. On the ‘eighth’ day (that is, the day after your 7-day break), start a new strip, even if you’re still bleeding. This should mean that you start a new strip on the same day of the week each time.

If you’re less than 12 hours late taking a pill, take the pill as soon as you remember and then take any pills that follow as you would normally. Your protection from pregnancy shouldn’t be affected.

If more than 12 hours have passed since you forgot your pill, you may be at greater risk of getting pregnant. The more pills that you have forgotten to take, the more likely it is that your protection from pregnancy is reduced.

The risks of becoming pregnant are especially high if you forget to take a pill either at the beginning or at the end of a strip.

If you forget to take 1 pill during week 1 of your cycle, take the pill you missed as soon as you remember, even if this means having to take two pills at the same time. Take any pills that follow at the usual time and use extra contraception such as condoms for the next 7 days. If you had sex during the week before you missed a pill, or if you forget to start a new strip on time after the 7-day pill-free break, you could be pregnant. Let our clinician know and they can advise you.

Should you forget to take 1 pill during week 2 of your period, take the pill you forgot as soon as you remember, even if it means taking two pills at the same time. Take any pills that follow as you would normally. Your protection from pregnancy should not be affected, and you don’t need to use any additional contraception.

If you forget to take 1 pill in week 3 of your cycle, you can do one of two things.

Take the pill that you forgot as soon as you remember, even if it means taking two pills at the same time. Take any pills that follow at the usual time, but rather than take a 7-day pill-free break, move straight on to your next strip. It’s likely that you’ll get a withdrawal bleed at the end of the second strip, and you may also experience some spotting or breakthrough bleeding.

Alternatively, you can stop the strip and take a 7-day, pill-free break, making a note of the day on which you forgot to take your pill. If you’d prefer to start a new strip on a certain day of the week, make the pill-free period less than 7 days.

Either of these two methods should protect you from getting pregnant.

If you have forgotten any pills in a strip, and you don’t experience any bleeding during the first 7-day pill-free break, you may be pregnant. Send a message to our prescriber using your EveAdam account and they can advise you from there.

You can, but it’s not what Sunya is primarily prescribed for, so you should speak to our clinician before you do it.

To delay your period, start a new strip of pills immediately after you’ve finished the previous strip. So don’t take a 7-day break between strips. You may get some spotting (drops or flecks of blood) or some breakthrough bleeding when you’re using the second strip. At the end of the second strip, take your 7-day pill-free break as normal, and then start the next strip as you usually would.

Headaches, migraines, feeling sick and bleeding are some common side effects when taking Sunya. They usually go away after a few months, but if you find that they persist, or if you get side effects which are more severe, you should speak to a clinician. With an EveAdam subscription, you just need to log into your account and drop our prescriber a message. They may recommend that you try a different pill.

There’s no real evidence of the combined pill triggering any considerable weight gain (or weight loss) in women.^[1]

The combined pill may increase the amount of fluid that your body retains to begin with, and this may cause you to put on a bit of weight, but it isn’t much, and it shouldn’t last longer than a few months.

If you experience any fluctuations in your weight whilst taking Sunya, get in touch with our clinician. They may be able to help with this.

For some women, yes.^[2] But the combined pill is prescribed as a contraceptive first and foremost, so if you want to use it for acne, you should discuss this with our prescriber during your consultation.

Some women have reported experiencing depression and low mood when taking combined contraceptive pills.

If you experience any symptoms of depression or low mood with the Sunya pill, let our clinician know. They may advise you to try a different pill.

The only real differences between Sunya and Millinette are the packaging that the pills come in and the appearance of the pill itself. This is because Sunya is made by Stragen, while Millinette is made by Gedeon Richter.

Both pills contain the same hormones, which work in the same way in the body, but Sunya is only available in a 20/75 dose, whereas Millinette is available in an additional 30/75 dose. So if you’re less sensitive to oestrogen, or less prone to its side effects, the 30/75 dose of Millinette may be a good option for you.

Sunya is also slightly more expensive, but only slightly.

They’re not quite the same, but they are very similar. Both pills have the same combination of hormones in them, and the same dosages of those hormones too, which perform the same role in the body. But Femodette is made by Bayer, so the packaging and the pill itself may look different. Femodette is also a little pricier.

With an EveAdam subscription? Easy. You can switch whenever you want.

Just log into your account and drop our clinician a message. They’ll take any side effects or symptoms you may be getting into consideration, and recommend other combined pills which may suit you better.