New CHOICE Hormone tablet: levonorgestrel 0.125 mg + ethinylestradiol 0.03 mg; iron tablet: ferrous fumarate 75 mg

Indication

For oral contraception.

Ingredients

• Hormone tablets: levonorgestrel 0.125 mg and ethinylestradiol 0.03 mg per tablet
• Iron tablets: ferrous fumarate 75 mg per tablet

Direction

Take one tablet by mouth each day in the sequence shown on the blister. For this 28-tablet regimen, continue through the pack without a tablet-free break and start the next pack after the last tablet. Follow the enclosed leaflet or prescriber for when to start the first pack and what to do if a tablet is missed.

Side effects

• Possible effects include changes in menstrual bleeding
• headache
• dizziness
• nausea
• mood changes
• and breast tenderness. Contact a clinician if symptoms are severe or persistent.

Precautions

• Have a clinician assess your medical history and blood pressure before use. Combined hormonal contraception may be unsuitable with certain conditions
• including a history of blood clots or thrombophilia
• migraine with aura
• significant hypertension
• current breast cancer
• or serious liver disease.
• Smoking while using combined hormonal contraception increases cardiovascular risk
• especially from age 35
• discuss smoking and other risk factors with a clinician before use.
• This medicine does not protect against HIV or other sexually transmitted infections
• use condoms for STI protection.
• Seek urgent medical care for sudden chest pain or breathlessness
• severe leg pain or swelling
• sudden vision or speech problems
• or one
• sided weakness.