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Estrogen and Progestin (Oral Contraceptives)
Alesse; Apri; Aviane; Brevicon; Demulen; Desogen; Estrostep; Genora; Jenest; Levlen; Levlite; Levora; Lo/Ovral; Loestrin; Low-Ogestrel; Microgestin; Mircette; Modicon; Necon; Norinyl; Nordette; Nortrel; Ogestrel; Ortho-Cept; Ortho-Cyclen; Ortho-Novum; Ortho Tri-Cyclen; Ovcon; Ovral; Tri-Levlen; Tri-Norinyl; Triphasil; Trivora; Yasmin; Zovia
Other name(s): Birth-control pills; ethinyl estradiol and desogestrel; ethinyl estradiol and drospirenone; ethinyl estradiol and ethynodiol; ethinyl estradiol and levonorgestrel; ethinyl estradiol and norethindrone; ethinyl estradiol and norgestimate; ethinyl estradiol and norgestrel; mestranol and norethindrone Logo
Brand name(s): Alesse; Apri; Aviane; Brevicon; Demulen; Desogen; Estrostep; Genora; Jenest; Levlen; Levlite; Levora; Lo/Ovral; Loestrin; Low-Ogestrel; Microgestin; Mircette; Modicon; Necon; Norinyl; Nordette; Nortrel; Ogestrel; Ortho-Cept; Ortho-Cyclen; Ortho-Novum; Ortho Tri-Cyclen; Ovcon; Ovral; Tri-Levlen; Tri-Norinyl; Triphasil; Trivora; Yasmin; Zovia
Other name(s): Birth-control pills; ethinyl estradiol and desogestrel; ethinyl estradiol and drospirenone; ethinyl estradiol and ethynodiol; ethinyl estradiol and levonorgestrel; ethinyl estradiol and norethindrone; ethinyl estradiol and norgestimate; ethinyl estradiol and norgestrel; mestranol and norethindrone
How should this medicine be used?
Oral contraceptives come in packets of 21 or 28 tablets to take by mouth once a day. To avoid upset stomach, take oral contraceptives with food or milk. Take the tablet routinely at the same time every day (e.g., after dinner or at bedtime) to help you remember to take the tablet regularly. Missing doses increases your risk of becoming pregnant.
When first starting on this medicine, use an additional method of birth control until you have correctly taken 7 days' worth of medicine.
If you have a 21-tablet packet, take one tablet daily for 21 days and then none for seven days. Then start a new packet.
If you have a 28-tablet packet, take one tablet daily for 28 days. The last seven tablets are a different color. These tablets are not birth-control pills; they contain iron (ferrous fumarate) or an inactive ingredient. You should take one tablet daily continuously for 28 days in the order specified in your packet, starting a new packet the day after taking your 28th tablet.
Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully concerning when to take your first tablet (on the first or fifth day of your menstrual period or on the first Sunday after or on which bleeding begins). Take the oral contraceptive exactly as directed. Do not take more or less of it or take it more often than prescribed by your doctor. Do not stop taking this medicine without talking to your doctor.
If you have recently given birth, wait until 4 weeks after giving birth to begin taking oral contraceptives.
Before taking oral contraceptives, ask your pharmacist or doctor for a copy of the manufacturer's information for the patient and read it carefully.
Last Revised: 04/01/2003
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Estrace questions
Here's my situation:
I'm a 17 year old transgender female who is currently 5 days on Estrace (4mg daily) for Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). I am also on Spironolactone (200mg daily) for an anti-androgen.
I'd like to know of any substances I should avoid that might decrease the effectiveness of the said drugs, especially information regarding the actual effects of alcohol and caffeine.
Alcohol is bad for obvious reasons, since this hormone regimen is an awful stress on my liver, but does it actually alter in any way the effectiveness of the drug? I have also heard rumors that caffeine can slow the effects of it, but the only evidence I have found states that caffeine actually RAISES ones estrogen levels substantially (500mg caffeine daily, or about 5 cups, yields 70% higher estrogen levels in the average person, regardless of gender.)
I've also searched for any form of base website on Estrace, but have turned up empty-handed. Do they have a website that describes what to do and what to avoid once on a regimen?
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A penny found is penny to clutter up your purse.
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http://www.emedicine.com/MED/topic2331.htm
http://medind.nic.in/imvw/imvw396.html
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I took Clindamycin for an oral abcess, I've been off it for 2 weeks but tomorrow I plan to see my doct because I've had severe abdominal cramps and diarreah for 5 days.
Really don't understand why I wasn't warned about this severe side effect on this drug!! This was too strong an antibiotic for an oral abcess!
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See answer above. That is how I arrived at this board. But I don't get it. This might not be the manufacturer? Perhaps we need to research Pharmaceutical World or trazodone + .com.
Trazodone is the generic name for desyrel.
I think the drug is so old that whoever manufactured desyrel doesn't anymore as I did enter desyrel + .com and came up with nothing using MSN search. Hmm......
But do check out this cool link which I found here (!) too regarding all generic drugs:
http://www.pharmaceuticalworld.com/generics_links.htm
[ May 21, 2005, 07:00 PM: Message edited by: maryc64 ]
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