BIRTH CONTROL PILLS

BIRTH CONTROL PILLS – ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE PILLS

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What are OC pills?

Oral Contraceptive Pills are Hormone containing tablets taken orally by woman in her reproductive age to

• avoid pregnancy.

OTHER BENEFICIAL USES OF OC PILLS

• menorrhagia,
• irregular cycles,
• abdominal cramps,
• acne,
• to protect against some forms of breast disease,
• anemia,
• ovarian cysts, and
• ovarian and
• endometrial cancers.

What Oral Contraceptive Pills do not do?

OC pills does not protect against

• STI or STD,
• heart break and its consequences
• shame and guilt
• disgrace in society and its
• consequences.

Who takes Oral Contraceptive Pills?

A girl/woman who is in her reproductive years [capable of bearing a child/pregnancy] and has sexual activity likely to cause pregnancy, takes OC Pills to avoid pregnancy.

I am NEWLY WED. Can I start taking Oral Contraceptive Pill?

Yes, you can.

What are the possible [not seen in all women] side effects of Oral Contraceptive Pills?

Birth Control Pills are remarkably safe. Side effects are uncommon. The mild side effects of Oral Contraceptive Pills are:

• irregular menstrual bleeding
• nausea, weight gain, headaches, dizziness, and breast tenderness
• mood changes
• blood clots (rare in women under 35 who do not smoke)

Most of the side effects disappear in about 3 months. Sometimes the Doctor changes the pill and the side effects disappears.

How is the Oral Contraceptive Pill taken?
The correct procedure
of taking the tablets is provided in a folded paper inside every OC packet. This information is provided in different local languages by the company.

One Oral Contraceptive Pill or tablet is taken every day at the same time of the day.

The OC pills are available either as packet containing 21 or 28 pills (tablets).
The 28 pill packet consists of 21 pills + 7 inactive pills, which do not contain hormone.

21 tablets containing packet is to be started on 5th day till 25th day. The Oral Contraceptive Pills are taken from the 5th day. The next packet has to be started on the 5th day of the menses, irrespective of whether your periods (bleeding) has stopped or not.

28 pills containing packet is started similarly on the 5th day. in 28 day packet you keep taking the pill without missing out any day for as long as you want to prevent pregnancy. Hence, as soon as one packet is over, the next packet begins. Thus,

Names of Oral Contraceptive Pills available in India

Bandhan Ethinylestradiol 30 mcg + Levonorgestrel  150 mcg    German Remedies

Mala D 21 white sugar coated Ethinylestradiol 50 mcg + Norgestrel  300 mcg (0.3mg)
7 brown tablets of Ferrous Fumarate 60 mg   (28 tablets) Eupharma
Ortho Novum 777 (Ethnor)
7 white tabletsof    Ethinylestradiol 35 mcg +  Norethindrone 0.5 mg

7 pale peach tablets Ethinylestradiol 35 mcg +  Norethindrone 0.75 mg

7 peach tablets      Ethinylestradiol 35 mcg +  Norethindrone 1.0 mg

Ovral G Ethinylestradiol 50 mcg + Norgestrel  500 mcg (0.5mg)

Ovral L Ethinylestradiol 30 mcg + Levonorgestrel  150 mcg

Suvidha Ethinylestradiol 30 mcg + Levonorgestrel  150 mcg + Ferrous fumarate 60 mg

Triquilar

6 brown tablets of      Ethinylestradiol 30 mcg + Levonorgestrel  50 mcg

5 white tablets of       Ethinylestradiol 40 mcg + Levonorgestrel  75 mcg

10 Ochre tablets of    Ethinylestradiol 30 mcg + Levonorgestrel 125 mcg

21 Tablets Total        (German Remedies)

Non Hormonal Oral Contraceptive CENTCHROMAN

Centran contains Centchroman 30 mgs (Torrent)

Saheli contains Centchroman 30mgs  (Kerala Drugs)