Drug name
Ortho Tri-Cyclen (Ethinyl Estradiol/Norgestimate)
Drug Instruction
This medication stands a combination of oral contraceptive involving the progestational compound norgestimate and the estrogenic compound ethinyl estradiol. The medicine is named for the prevention of pregnancy in women who prefer or choose to use oral contraceptives as a method of contraception, an extremely effective one for pregnancy prevention.
This medication also brings about a low daily dose of hormones which prevents pregnancy, while practically lowering the level of the hormone in your body which is liable to recurring and causing acne. In clinical tests, the medicine has been clinically proven to assist in the decrease of mild to moderate acne nearly nine out of ten women have observed improvements in their skin.
Intake Instructions
Please make sure to intake Ortho Tri-Cyclen pills by mouth. Before you start the treatment course with the medicine please make up your preliminary pills decide what a suitable time of day is and quite often take them at the same time of day and in the order predetermined. Please note that swallowing the pills with a drink of water is recommended. Please make sure to intake the medicine with food to decrease stomach upset. Do not take Tri-Cyclen more often than prescribed by your health care provider or pharmacist.
Most preparates involves a 21-day supply of pills containing the active ingredients. Some products may involve an additional 7 pills containing iron or inactive ingredients which are prescribed to be taken during the week of menstruation; this brings about a decrease of the chance of missing the first day of the next cycle. Please remember that most products are necessary to be started on the first Sunday after you start your period or on the first day of your period. You may be in need to ask your doctor or pharmacist which day you should start your packet.
Drug Category and Mechanism
Ortho Tri-Cyclen represents a category of an estrogen and progestin combination which is predetermined to prevent pregnancy. The medicine may also be prescribed to monitor the menstrual cycle, as well as for the treatment of symptoms of menopause, or treat other medical conditions as advised by your health care provider.
Missed Dose
In case you experiences missed dose, please necessarily take the dose as soon as you remember or take two pills at the time of your next regularly scheduled dose. There is little probability that ovulation may take place. You may, nevertheless, want to use a second method of birth control such as a condom or a spermicidal cream, and other for at least 7 further days following the missed tablet to guarantee protection from pregnancy. In case you miss two tablets in a row, please take the two missed tablets as soon as you remember or with your next commonly scheduled dose (three total). Or, you may take two tablets each for the next two commonly scheduled doses (one missed tablet plus one generally scheduled tablet for 2 days in a row).
Chances are much considerable that you may ovulate so you should use another form of birth control for at least 7 days further the missed tablets. It is even much more effective to use a second method of birth control until your next period starts. In case you miss three tablets in a row, please make sure to throw away the package and overstart a new package on the 7th day after the last day you took a pill. Also necessarily use another method of birth control until you have taken a pill for 7 days in a row. Your period should happen during the 7 days without pills. If it doesn't start, please make sure to perform a pregnancy test before beginning a new package of pills.
Storage Instructions
The best conditions to keep the medicine is at 68 and 77 degrees F (20 and 25 degrees C). The container where the medicine is stored should be tightly closed. It should be also strictly protected from moisture, heat and light. Please make sure to retain the medicine away from pets and children.
Safety Precautions
Smoking cigarettes while being treated with Ortho Tri-Cyclen may high level your risk of stroke, heart failure, blood clots, high blood pressure, as well as other problems of the heart and blood vessels. In case you have emesis or diarrhea for any reason, your medicine may not provide the desired effects. Please note that certain antibiotics or anticonvulsants while you are being treated with using Ortho Tri-Cyclen may low level the effectiveness of Ortho Tri-Cyclen. To prevent pregnancy, please make sure to use an extra form of birth control until your next period. In case you have any questions, please necessarily contact your health care provider, nurse, or pharmacist. Before you have any medical or dental treatments, as well as emergency care, or surgery, please necessarily inform your health care provider or dentist that you are using Ortho Tri-Cyclen.
In case you wear contact lenses and experience problems with them, please immediately contact your health care provider. Before you starting the treatment with any new medicine, please perform a preliminary check up with your health care provider or pharmacist. Ortho Tri-Cyclen may be the reason for dark skin patches on your face. Please remember that staying in the sun for the prolonged time make these patches darker. If you experience patches, please make sure to use a sunscreen or protective clothing when exposed to the sun, sunlamps, or tanning booths. Also note that use Ortho Tri-Cyclen will not prevent the expanse of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Thus taking Ortho Tri-Cyclen if you are pregnant is not recommended. In case you have any doubts that you could be pregnant, please immediately contact your health care provider. Ortho Tri-Cyclen outfalls into the breast milk. In case you are or will be breast-feeding at the period of using Ortho Tri-Cyclen, please perform a preliminary check up with your health care provider or pharmacist to discuss all possible risks to your baby.
Probable Side Effects
Austere side effects are comparatively rare in women who are healthy and do not smoke at the period they are taking oral contraceptives. Moreover, more women have problems due to complexity, from getting pregnant than have troubles with oral contraceptives. A sufficient number of the minor side effects may disappear as your body adapts to the medicine. However, the potential for austere side effects does exist and you may be in need to discuss these with your health care provider.
The further symptoms or side effects may be associated to blood clots and demand immediate medical or emergency help: chest pain, blood with the coughing up, giddiness and vertigo or fainting spells, leg, arm or groin pain, austere or uncommon headaches, stomach pain (severe), uncommon and unexpected hard breathing, uncommon loss of coordination, especially on one side of the body, tumor of the hands, feet or ankles, or rapid weight gain, vision or speech troubles, weariness or anemia in the arms or legs, especially on one side of the body.
Other austere side effects are rare. Please necessarily inform your health care provider as soon as you can if the provided side effects occur: breast tissue changes or discharge, changes in vaginal bleeding during your period or between your menstrual, headaches or rapid and recurring migraines, high levels of blood sugar, especially if you have diabetes, high levelled blood pressure, especially if you are liable to have high blood pressure, symptoms of vaginal infection (itching, irritation or uncommon discharge), tenseness in the upper abdomen, retching, yellowing of the eyes or skin.
Please discuss with your health care provider if any of the mentioned most COMMON side effects afterglow or become or causing bother:
breakthrough bleeding and spotting which take place beyond the 3 initial cycles of pills, breast tenseness, mild stomach upset, changes in mood, state of uneasiness, depression, frustration, a feeling of great annoyance, or emotional outfalls, high or low levels of appetite, high levelled sensitivity to sun or ultraviolet light, emesis, skin rash, acne, or brown spots on the skin, tiredness, weight gain.
Extra Information
An important note: This medicine is for you only. Sharing this medicine with others is not recommended.
Please consult your health care provider for more clarifications on medicine use and its safety instructions.
If do not feel the actual improvement of symptoms or they even become worse, please perform an immediate check up with your doctor.