Birth Control: Medications

  • Morning-after pill: Emergency birth control

    05/24/08, MayoClinic.com

    The morning-after pill prevents a woman from becoming pregnant after unprotected vaginal intercourse.

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  • OC - The Benefits and Risks

    01/01/03, PDR.net

    OCs are among the most thoroughly studied drugs in the world. The vast body of data collected on them indicates that although they do have certain side effects, few women are likely to experience them. Moreover, most of the information on side effec

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  • Birth control pills for endometriosis

    08/08/05, Healthwise

    Birth control pills (oral contraceptives) that contain estrogen and progestin are also called "the Pill." Birth control pills relieve endometriosis by stopping ovulation and decreasing the endometrium's monthly cycle of

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  • Estradiol and medroxyprogesterone

    07/26/06, Healthwise

    You may need to use back-up birth control, such as condoms or a spermicide, when you first start using this medication. Follow your doctor's instructions.

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  • Drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol

    10/02/07, Healthwise

    Drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol prevent ovulation (the release of an egg from an ovary) and also cause changes in your cervical and uterine lining, making it harder for sperm to reach the uterus and harder for a fertilized egg to attach to the

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  • Ethinyl estradiol and etonogestrel

    09/08/06, Healthwise

    You may need to use back-up birth control, such as condoms or a spermicide, when you first start using this medication. Avoid using a diaphragm with the ethinyl estradiol and etonogestrel vaginal ring. Follow your doctor's instructions.

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  • Ethinyl estradiol and norelgestromin

    07/26/06, Healthwise

    You may need to use back-up birth control, such as condoms or a spermicide, when you first start using this medication. Follow your doctor's instructions.

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  • Lenalidomide

    07/03/06, Healthwise

    For Women: You will be required to use two reliable forms of birth control beginning 4 weeks before you start taking lenalidomide and ending 4 weeks after you stop taking it. Any woman who has not had a hysterectomy or has not been in menopause fo

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  • Birth control pills for ovarian cysts

    11/22/06, Healthwise

    Estrogen and progestin birth control pills prevent ovulation. Functional ovarian cysts do not form without ovulation.

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  • Progestin-only hormonal methods (mini-pills, shots)

    05/23/06, Healthwise

    Progestin-only birth control methods, including pills (called "mini-pills") and shots, prevent the ovaries from releasing an egg (ovulation), thicken mucus at the cervix so sperm cannot enter the uterus, and in rare cases, prevent

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