from other birth control pills because it contains a progestin hormone
called drospirenone. It does not protect against HIV infection (AIDS)
tablets are the active pills; they contain the active ingredients
(hormones) ethinyl estradiol and drospirenon. The last seven tablets
of the first pack during the first 24 hours of your period. You will not
need to use a back-up method of birth control, since you are starting
your period starts, even if you are still bleeding. If your period starts
on Sunday, start the pack that same day. Use another method of birth
a stroke, heart attack, or blood clot; high blood pressure, angina, or
heart disease; a bleeding or blood-clotting disorder; breast, uterine, or
Before taking Yasmin, also tell your doctor if you have diabetes; high
cholesterol; gallbladder disease; migraines or other headaches;
bed rest due to surgery or illness.
Yasmin is in the FDA pregnancy category X. This means that it has
developing baby. Do not take drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol if you
are pregnant or if you think you might be pregnant.
breast-feeding a baby.
Avoid smoking. Smoking greatly increases the risk of heart attack,
-Take it as soon as you remember. Take the next pill at your regular
time.
sex.
If you MISS 2 yellow active pills in a row in WEEK 1 OR WEEK 2 of
-Then take one pill a day until you finish the pack.
-You MAY BECOME PREGNANT if you have sex in the 7 days after you
If you MISS 2 yellow active pills in a row in the 3RD WEEK:
-If you are a Day 1 Starter:
If you are a Sunday Starter:
Keep taking one pill every day until Sunday. On Sunday, THROW OUT
However, if you miss your period two months in a row, call your doctor
or clinic because you might be pregnant.
condoms or spermicides) as a back-up for those 7 days.
If you MISS 3 OR MORE yellow active pills in a row (during the first
THROW OUT the rest of the pill pack and start a new pack that same
day.
the rest of the pack and start a new pack of pills that same day.
-You may not have your period this month but this is expected.
because you might be pregnant.
-You MAY BECOME PREGNANT if you have sex in the 7 days after you
Irregular vaginal bleeding or spotting may occur while you are taking
the pills. Irregular bleeding may vary from slight staining between
few months of oral contraceptive use, but may also occur after you
have been taking the pill for some time. Such bleeding may be
occurs in more than one cycle or lasts for more than a few days, talk
to your doctor or healthcare provider.
to wear your lenses, contact your doctor or healthcare provider.
FLUID RETENTION
experience fluid retention, contact your doctor or healthcare provider.
MELASMA
Other side effects may include change in appetite, headache,
nervousness, and depression, and dizziness, loss of scalp hair, rash,
large doses of other oral contraceptives by young children. Over
dosage may cause nausea, and withdrawal bleeding may occur in
potassium and sodium, and evidence of metabolic acidosis, should be
monitored in cases of overdose.
prescribing oral contraceptives and will examine you. The physical
examination may be delayed to another time if you request it and the
healthcare provider if there is a family history of any of the conditions
listed previously in this leaflet. Be sure to keep all appointments with
drug for any condition other than the one for which it was prescribed.
This drug has been prescribed specifically for you; do not give it to
intended that this information covers all uses, directions, drug
interactions, precautions, or adverse effects of your medication. This
for any particular patient. We disclaim all responsibility for the
accuracy and reliability of this information, and/or any consequences
consequences arise. No warranty, either expressed or implied, is made
in regards to this information.
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