HOW TO
USE
You can start the pill any time it is reasonably sure that you are
not pregnant – for example, during the first 7 days after your
menstrual period starts. Take one pill each day until the packet
is empty.
Then start the next packet from 28 pill packets. Take the first
pill from the new packet the next day. For 21 pill packets. Wait
no more than 7 days and than take the first pill.
If you miss a pill, take it as soon as possible, than take the
next pill at the regular.
HOW
IT WORK
When a woman swallows a pill each day, her ovaries stop releasing
eggs. She can not become pregnant without eggs.
Effectiveness: Very effective if taken every day .
Effective as usually used.
No STD protection. Also can be used for emergency contraception.
ADVANTAGES
No need to do anything at the time of sex. Monthly periods are
regular, light short: milder, fever cramps. Help prevent iron
deficiency anemia, ectopic pregnancy, ovarian and uterine cancer
and (PID) pelvic inflammatory
DISADVANTAGES
Some women have upset stomach (especially in first 3 months ) and
/ or spotting or bleeding between menstrual periods, missed
periods, mild headache, breast tenderness, and or slight weight
gain.
Some women cannot remember taking a pill every day. In rare cases
the pill causes heart attack or blood clots deep in the leg.
Specially in women with higher blood pressure and in a women who
smoke and also over 35 years or old.
WHERE TO GET SERVICES
Oral pills is available in all program and non program outlets,
the oral pills is also available in all medical
stores.
