Read the insert before taking this medicine or purchase and take
this medicine as directed by the pharmacist.
[Drug name]
Generic Name: Levonorgestrel and ethinylestradiol tablets
English Name: Compound levonorgestrel tablets
[Ingredients]
The active tablet is a compound preparation. Each active tablet
contains 0.15 mg of levonorgestrel and 0.03 mg of ethinylestradiol.
It also contains excipients such as starch, sucrose, dextrin,
magnesium stearate, alcohol, sodium carboxymethyl starch, hydroxy
propyl methylcellulose, titanium pigment, talc powder, wax,
PEG6000, tween 80, polyacrylic resin Ⅱ, colorant (lemon
yellow).
The inert tablet contains starch, sucrose, dextrin, magnesium
stearate, alcohol, sodium carboxymethyl starch, hydroxy propyl
methylcellulose, titanium pigment, talc powder, wax, PEG6000, tween
80, polyacrylic resin, colorant (carminum).
[Description]
The active tablets are yellowish film-coated tablets with white
or almost white core.
The inert tablets are light pink film-coated tablets with white
or almost white core.
[Category of drug]
It is an OTC oral contraceptive.
[Indication] It is indicated for contraception in women.
[Strength]
Each active tablet contains 0.15 mg of levonorgestrel and 0.03
mg of ethinylestradiol.
[Usage and dosage]
Take one yellowish tablet marked the same date on the aluminium
foil on Day 1 of your menstrual cycle. For example, if the onset of
menstruation occurs on Wednesday, take one yellowish tablet marked
Wednesday on the back of blister. Then take one tablet daily
according to the arrow. After finishing the 21 yellowish tablets,
take one light pink inert tablet daily for consecutive 7 days
(Total 28 tablets). Regardless of bleeding or not, take one
yellowish tablet in a new blister strip next day, whose back is
marked with the same date. If a woman takes this medicine as
directed, the contraception will be effective from the 14th day of
administration.
It is recommended to take the drug at the same time everyday,
preferably after supper or before sleeping.
[Adverse reactions]
1. Morning sickness-like effects:
nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, dizziness, poor appetite.
2. Breakthrough bleeding may occur
especially when you miss pills. Take additional 0.01mg
ethinylestradiol every night if necessary. Amenorrhea.
3. Mental depression, headache,
lassitude, increase in weight, prosopo-pigmentation.
4. Damage hepatic function or
relatively increase the risk of benign hepatic tumor.
5. The ischemic heart disease is
more likely to occur in smoking woman aged over 35.
6. Hypertension may occur in association
with the use of oral contraceptives.
[Contraindications]
It is contra-indicated in patients with mammary cancer, cancer
of reproductive organs, irregular vaginal bleeding, hepatic
dysfunction, hepatic disease recently or history of icterus or deep
venous thrombus, cerebrovascular accident, hypertension,
angiocardiopathy, diabetes, hyperlipemia, mental depression or the
women over 40 years old.
[Precautions]
1. A medical examination should be
performed every year during its administration. You should tell the
doctors that you are taking this medicine during the medical
examination.
2. Stop administration when
following symptoms appear suspected pregnancy, thrombus disease,
dysopia, hypertension, hepatic dysfunction, mental depression and
ischemic heart disease.
3. Take this medicine according to
the instruction strictly. Missing administration may cause
breakthrough bleeding and failure of contraception. If missing the
administration, one more tablet should be taken within 24 hours
besides regular one.
4. The women in lactation should
take the drug 6 months after delivery.
5. If you want to have a baby,
stop taking this medicine and take other contraceptive measures for
six months. Then it is safe for you to bear a baby.
6. Go to hospital if excessive
drug is taken or severe adverse reactions happen.
7. It is contraindicated in the
subjects who are allergic to this drug. Those with allergic
constitution should take this medicine cautiously.
8. Stop administration when the
characteristics of the drug have changed.
9. Keep out of the reach of
children.
10. If the patient is using other medicine, consult the doctor
or pharmacist before taking this product.
[Drug Interactions]
1. Following drugs may decrease
the contraceptive effect: antibiotic especially for oral
broad-spectrum antibiotic; inducer of drug metabolizing enzyme such
as rifampicin, phenobarbital, phenytoin sodium. Avoid
co-administering this medicine with the above products
2. It may decrease the effects of
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