Drug Uses

Mircette indicated prevention of pregnancy if you elect to use as a method of contraception.

How Taken

Oral be used consistently to prevent pregnancy. Take with food or immediately after a meal to avoid . Try to take at the each day. This you to remember to take it regularly. Oral in packets of 21 or 28 tablets. If you have a 21-tablet packet, take daily for 21 days wait 7 days (no tablets) before starting a new packet. If you have a 28-tablet packet, take daily for 28 days in the in your packet. The tablets in a 28-tablet a different color. These tablets do not estradiol ; they (ferrous fumarate) or an inactive are used to permit dosing entire 28-day cycle. This need to count of days . A new 28-tablet be started after 28th tablet. When on this medication, use an additional method of birth you taken at least 7 days' worth of tablets. Follow on your carefully to take tablet (on the first or fifth day of your , or on the on or after ). Take exactly as directed by your doctor. Do not or less of this your advised you to do so. Do not this talking to your doctor.

Warnings/Precautions

Before medication, tell if you blood pressure, angina, or heart disease; had a stroke; a bleeding or blood-clotting disorder; breast, uterine, or another hormone-related cancer; liver disease or a history of jaundice (yellowing of the eyes) caused by use of birth control in the past; undiagnosed, abnormal ; migraines; asthma; or seizures or epilepsy. You be able to take pills, or you special treatment if you of the above. Birth are in the category X. This birth are known to cause in an unborn baby. Hormonal pregnancy serious on developing baby. Do not control pills if you or think be pregnant. The hormones in birth pass milk decrease . Do not control first talking to your doctor if you -feeding a baby.

Missed Dose

If you MISS 1 active [white] pill:
1. Take it as soon as you remember. Take pill at your . This take 2 pills in 1 day.
2. You do not need to use a back-up birth if you .
If you MISS 2 active [white] pills in a row in WEEK 1 OR WEEK 2 of your pack:
1. Take 2 pills on the remember and 2 pills day.
2. Then take 1 pill a day finish .
3. You PREGNANT if you in the 7 days miss pills.
You another method (such as condoms, foam, or sponge) as a back-up method 7 days.
If you MISS 2 active [white] pills in a row in WEEK 3:
1. If you are a Day 1 Starter:
THROW rest of the and start a new same day.
If you are a Sunday Starter:
Keep taking 1 pill until Sunday. On Sunday, THROW rest of the start a new pack of pills day.
2. You have this this is expected. However, if you miss period 2 months in a row, call or health because be pregnant.
3. You PREGNANT if you in the 7 days miss pills. You another method (such as condoms, foam, or sponge) as a back-up method 7 days.
If you MISS 3 OR MORE active [white] pills in a row (during 3 weeks):
1. If you are a Day 1 Starter:
THROW rest of the and start a new same day.
If you are a Sunday Starter:
Keep taking 1 pill until Sunday. On Sunday, THROW rest of the start a new pack of pills day.
2. You have this this is expected. However, if you period 2 months in a row, call or health because be pregnant.
3. You PREGNANT if you in the 7 days miss pills. You another method (such as condoms, foam, or sponge) as a back-up method 7 days.

Possible Side Effects

If you of the side effects, stop birth and medical attention or contact immediately: an allergic reaction (difficulty breathing; closing of the throat; swelling of the lips, tongue, or face; or hives); a blood clot in the lung (shortness of breath or pain in the chest); a blood clot in an arm or leg (pain, redness, swelling, or numbness of an arm or leg); high (severe headache, flushing, blurred vision); or liver damage (yellowing of the skin or eyes, nausea, abdominal pain or discomfort, unusual bleeding or bruising, severe fatigue). Other, less effects may be more likely to occur. Continue to take control talk to your doctor if you or dizziness; nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea; breakthrough bleeding; or breast tenderness. These may disappear or be less 3 to 6 months of birth . Ask or pharmacist if you side bothersome. The listed occur and considered serious. If you of the following, talk to your it is convenient: depression; changes in weight or appetite; vaginal ; changes in your ; oily skin or acne; changes in your ; lethargy or fatigue; bloating; changes in skin color; or changes in blood sugar. Side than here occur. Talk to your any that or that is especially bothersome.

Storage

Store below 86° F (30° C).

Overdose

Serious have reported ingestion of large doses of oral contraceptives by young children. Over cause nausea, and may occur in females.

More Information

Avoid smoking. Smoking the risk of a heart attack, stroke, or blood . Birth do not from diseases or AIDS. Using a condom is the to protect these diseases.

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