Brands containing both active and inactive tablets include Zoely® and products with the letters 'ED' for 'everyday' after the brand name.Ĭombined hormonal contraceptives prevent pregnancy in three ways: These types of pill are taken every day of the month. If you find it difficult to remember which weeks to take your tablets, there are some brands which contain 7 inactive tablets as well as the 21 active tablets. Most preparations are taken or used for 21 days of a menstrual cycle, leaving a seven-day treatment-free interval during which time your period occurs. In these packs, each strength of tablet is a different colour. In some packs of contraceptive pills there are two or even three different-strength tablets to take at different times during your monthly cycle. Your doctor will have discussed this with you and will have chosen the product most suitable for you. Preparations are called 'low-strength' or 'standard-strength' depending on how much oestrogen they contain. This type of contraceptive can also be classified according to its strength. If you look at the listed ingredients on your contraceptive, you will find one ingredient from the list of oestrogens mentioned above, and one from the list of progestogens. Examples of progestogens used are norethisterone, gestodene, desogestrel, drospirenone, levonorgestrel, norgestimate, dienogest, norelgestromin, nomegestrol and etonogestrel. Examples of oestrogens used in contraceptives are ethinylestradiol, mestranol and estradiol. The strength and type of each can vary from brand to brand. 'Oestrogen' and 'progestogen' are terms which describe two types of female hormones.
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There are also two other forms of this type of contraception - contraceptive skin patches and a vaginal ring formulation. There are many different brands of the pill. The most common form of this type of contraception is the combined oral contraceptive pill, often just called 'the pill'. The phrase 'combined hormonal contraception' means that this type of contraception contains two different types of female hormones: an oestrogen and a progestogen. Norinyl-1® (mestranol with norethisterone)Įvra® (ethinylestradiol with norelgestromin)Ĭombined hormonal contraception is a very effective method of contraception if used correctly.
Yasmin® Dretine® Lucette® Yacella® Yiznell® (ethinylestradiol 30 with drospirenone)įemodene® Katya® 30/75 Millinette® 30/75 Akizza® 30/75 (ethinylestradiol with gestodene) Marvelon® Gedarel® 30/150 Cimizt® 30/150 (ethinylestradiol with desogestrel) Levest® Logynon® Microgynon 30® Ovranette® Rigevidon® TriRegol® Elevin® Maexeni® Ambelina® (ethinylestradiol with levonorgestrel)īrevinor® Norimin® Synphase® (ethinylestradiol with norethisterone)Ĭilique® Lizinna® (ethinylestradiol with norgestimate) NuvaRing® SyreniRing® (ethinylestradiol with etonogestrel) Mercilon® Gedarel® 20/150 Bimizza® 20/150 (ethinylestradiol with desogestrel)įemodette® Sunya® 20/75 Millinette® 20/75 Akizza® 20/75 (ethinylestradiol with gestodene)Įloine® (ethinylestradiol 20 with drospirenone) Loestrin 20® (ethinylestradiol with norethisterone acetate)
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