OK 0.15 mg / 0.03 mg (+ ferrous fumarate 75 mg)

Indication

Combined oral contraceptive pill for birth spacing (prevention of pregnancy). The 7 brown iron tablets keep the daily habit during the pill-free week.

Ingredients

• Levonorgestrel 0.15 mg + Ethinylestradiol 0.03 mg (21 yellow tablets)
• Ferrous fumarate 75 mg (7 brown tablets)

Direction

Take one tablet daily at the same time each day, following the order on the blister (21 yellow tablets, then 7 brown tablets). Start the first pack within the first 5 days of your period. Start a new pack the day after finishing the previous one, without a break.

Side effects

• Nausea
• headache
• breast tenderness
• Spotting or irregular bleeding
• especially in the first months
• Mood changes
• weight changes
• Dark stools from the iron tablets
• Rare but serious: blood clots
• stroke or heart attack
• seek urgent help for leg pain or swelling
• chest pain
• sudden breathlessness or severe headache
• Consult a doctor or pharmacist before use and stop if irritation or allergy occurs.

Precautions

• Do not use if pregnant
• breast
• feeding a baby under 6 months
• or with a history of blood clots
• stroke
• heart disease
• severe liver disease
• breast cancer or unexplained vaginal bleeding
• Women over 35 who smoke should not use this pill
• If a tablet is missed
• take it as soon as remembered
• if more than one active tablet is missed
• use condoms for 7 days and read the leaflet
• Vomiting
• diarrhoea and some medicines (e.g. rifampicin
• some anti
• epileptics) may reduce effectiveness
• Does not protect against HIV or other sexually transmitted infections
• Consult a doctor or pharmacist before use and stop if irritation or allergy occurs.