BOX WARNING
Cigarette smoking increases the risk of serious cardiovascular side effects from oral-contraceptive use. This risk increases with age and with the extent of smoking (in epidemiologic studies,15 or more cigarettes per day was associated with a significantly increased risk) and is quite marked in women over 35 years of age. Women who use oral contraceptives should be strongly advised not to smoke.
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NORDETTE SUMMARY
NORDETTE®-28 TABLETS
(LEVONORGESTREL AND ETHINYL ESTRADIOL TABLETS)
21 light-orange Nordette tablets, each containing 0.15 mg of levonorgestrel, (d (-)-13 beta-ethyl-17-alpha-ethinyl-17-beta-hydroxygon-4-en-3-one), a totally synthetic progestogen, and 0.03 mg of ethinyl estradiol, (19-nor-17α-pregna-1,3,5 (10)-trien-20-yne-3,17-diol), and 7 pink inert tablets.
Oral contraceptives are indicated for the prevention of pregnancy in women who elect to use this product as a method of contraception.
Oral contraceptives are highly effective. Table I lists the typical accidental pregnancy rates for users of combination oral contraceptives and other methods of contraception. The efficacy of these contraceptive methods, except sterilization and the IUD, depends upon the reliability with which they are used. Correct and consistent use of methods can result in lower failure rates.
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NEWS HIGHLIGHTSMedia Articles Related to Nordette (Levonorgestrel / Estradiol)
US funding revamps African contraceptive drive (AFP)
Source: Y! Health News Search RSS Feed [2009.11.18]
AFP - A new 12 million dollar family planning drive launched here Wednesday highlights how Obama administration funding has revamped a contraception drive in Africa and developing states, UN officials said, noting a sharp turnaround from the Bush era.
Terrence Higgins Trust Welcomes Department Of Health Nursing Degree Announcement, UK
Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today [2009.11.15]
HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust has welcomed the announcement by the Department of Health that all new nurses will be educated to degree level from 2013. Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) currently employs nurses who work in Chlamydia screening programmes for young people, HIV testing clinics and clinics that offer contraception services and screening for sexually transmitted infections.
Published Studies Related to Nordette (Levonorgestrel / Estradiol)
Comparative effects of a contraceptive vaginal ring delivering a nonandrogenic progestin and continuous ethinyl estradiol and a combined oral contraceptive containing levonorgestrel on hemostasis variables. [2006.07]
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to compare the effects on hemostasis variables of a contraceptive vaginal ring with those of an oral contraceptive... CONCLUSION: The contraceptive vaginal ring affected some measured hemostasis variables and sex hormone-binding globulin differently from the oral contraceptive, most likely because of difference in androgenicity of the progestins. The results suggest that the contraindications for oral contraceptive use would also apply to the tested contraceptive vaginal ring.
Effect of two oral contraceptives with different ethinyl estradiol and levonorgestrel concentrations on the urinary excretion of biochemical vasoactive markers. [2001.12]
In the present study the effect on the urinary excretion of vasoactive markers of two oral contraceptives (OCs), i.e., Leios, containing 0.02 mg ethinyl estradiol and 0.1 mg levonorgestrel, and Stediril 30, containing 0.03 mg ethinyl estradiol and 0.15 mg levonorgestrel, was investigated... Levonorgestrel may elicit no impact on these estrogen-induced changes that, however, seem only to be manifested after a longer treatment period.
A prospective randomized study comparing the clinical effects of a norethisterone and a levonorgestrel containing low dose oestrogen oral contraceptive pills. [1993.02]
The two types of low dose oral contraceptives one containing levonorgestrel the other containing norethisterone have been compared in a randomized prospective study. We have found that cycle control was much poorer with the norethisterone pill and would therefore recommend that if the norethisterone-containing pill needs to be prescribed then either the 1 mg or the 'synphasic' preparation should be considered..
A clinical comparison of two triphasic oral contraceptives with levonorgestrel or norethindrone: a prospective, randomized, single-blind study. [1993.01]
Menstrual bleeding patterns were investigated in young women taking either a levonorgestrel triphasic, Triquilar, or a norethindrone triphasic, Ortho 7/7/7, two commonly prescribed low-dose oral contraceptives. The levonorgestrel triphasic contains ethinyl estradiol (EE) 30 micrograms + levonorgestrel (LNG) 50 micrograms for the first six days, EE 40 micrograms + LNG 75 micrograms for the following five days, and EE 30 micrograms + LNG 125 micrograms for the last ten days...
A cross-over study of three oral contraceptives containing ethinyloestradiol and either desogestrel or levonorgestrel. [1992.06]
A randomised cross-over trial was performed to compare the pharmacodynamic actions of three low-dose oral contraceptives (OCs): Marvelon (150 micrograms desogestrel (DSG)+ 30 micrograms ethinyloestradiol (EE)), Mercilon (150 micrograms DSG + 20 micrograms EE) and Microgynon (150 micrograms levonorgestrel (LNG) + 30 micrograms EE)...
Clinical Trials Related to Nordette (Levonorgestrel / Estradiol)
AZD6140 Oral Contraceptive Interaction Study [Recruiting]
A Study of Efficacy and Safety With the Transdermal Contraceptive System Versus Triphasil. [Completed]
The purpose of the study was to compare the contraceptive efficacy and safety of the
transdermal patch to Triphasil.
A Study to Evaluate Suppression of the Pituitary-Ovarian Axis With Three Different Oral Contraceptive Regimens [Completed]
This is a randomized, open-label study to evaluate pituitary ovarian suppression in healthy,
reproductive-aged women using three different regimens of oral contraceptives (OCs). Two
extended regimen OCs, Seasonale (levonorgestrel/ethinyl estradiol 0. 15/0. 03 mg for 84 days
followed by 7 days of placebo), and Seasonique (levonorgestrel/ethinyl estradiol 0. 15/0. 03 mg
for 84 days followed by 7 days of ethinyl estradiol 0. 01 mg), and a 28-day regimen OC, Portia
(levonorgestrel/ethinyl estradiol 0. 15/0. 03 mg for 21 days followed by 7 days of placebo).
Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Seasonale for Treatment of Low Bone Mineral Density [Withdrawn]
This is a randomized, multicenter, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the effects of
Seasonale, an extended-regimen oral contraceptive, on bone mineral density in adolescent
females who have had their menstrual period but now have secondary amenorrhea and also have
osteopenia. The duration of the study for each patient will be approximately two years.
Observational Trial With Leios/Alesse [Completed]
A prospective, observational study (Anwendungsbeobachtung [AWB]) of the prescribing and
administration practices of German gynecologists with Leios® Dragées.
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