Contraceptives and Birth Control Pills

Types of Contraceptives

They range from sub skin implantations to oral contraceptive pills. Since the appearance of the revolutionary method of oral contraception and scientists kept developing it to be much better and safer.

Trend in oral contraceptives

The latest trend in oral contraceptives is the micro contraceptive pills which depend on micro amounts of hormones supplied on regular basis to your body in order to block or hinder the ovules from being fertilized by sperm.

Generic lybrel products are not allowed in the untied states, the problem is not concerning safety or FDA approval but because the original lybrel possesses the patent rights which enables it to be the sole product in the market that contains the same formula and sold for the same indication.

The lybrel in general composed of 2 ingredients, levonogestrel and ethynil estradiol. Levonogestrel is synthetic progesterone which is also called the pregnancy hormone; each pill contains 90 micro gram of such material. The role of this hormone is to let your genital system to act as if it is pregnant. This means that as long as you are administering lybrel every day without serious mistakes in usage, then your ovaries will not produce ova, the uterus will change a little and the cervix will be plugged with thick viscous mucous. Doing this will maintain an effective and practical way of pregnancy prevention.

The only thing that you need to take care of is that even if lybrel can protect you from pregnancy but, it cannot protect you against venereal diseases, HIV or AIDS. The transmission of such diseases is not connected with the hormonal method of pregnancy prevention. If you are not sure of your partner disease history or you suspect that he/ she is infected with such diseases then you may want to use a condom to maintain protection.

Lybrel and all the oral hormonal contraceptive pills have the same side effects. Blood clotting is known to be the most important side effect although the percent of incidence is very small. Other side effects are headache, nausea, vomiting and weight gain. These side effects are easily bearable especially with the high level of protection presented by such medication. The intensity of side effects differs from one person to another.

To get the maximum benefit from administering lybrel you need to follow these easy steps:

• Maintain taking the pills on constant basis
• Set a distinct time to take the pill every day. It means that you should take a pill every 24 hours, try not to extend or shorten this period.
• If you missed a single pill then do not panic, you can take it during the following 24 hours without changing the date of the following pill. In other words, if you usually take the pill at noon, then by midnight you remember that you did not take the pill. In this case you should take the pill instantly and the next pill stays at noon a usual.
• In case of forgetting only one pill, you do not need to consult a doctor. All what you need is to maintain caution during the following 7 days when you have sexual intercourse.

How can you deal with lybrel?

Lybrel is a method of oral contraception or birth control. This means that you will take it for a long time on daily basis, until you decide that you need another baby. So, you need to know how to deal with such a medicine in order to avoid any possible side effects.

Lybrel Composition

Lybrel consists of two main ingredients, levonogestrel and ethynil estradiol, both of them are hormones. Each pill contains 90 micro grams of levonogestrel and 20 micro grams of ethynil estradiol. The tablets are yellow and supplied in 28 pill- packs.

When should I take lybrel?

You should start taking lybrel after 24 hours from the beginning of your menstrual cycle (period). This ensures the maximum protection and the minimal incidence of pregnancy.

Is there something that I should know about lybrel’s side effects?

First of all, lybrel is no different from other oral contraceptive pills when it comes down to side effects. For example, all oral contraceptives are contra indicated with smoking as it increases the incidence of heart attacks and heart complications. Smoking should be stopped or at least kept to the minimum level when you are on lybrel or generic lybrel products.

Also oral hormonal contraceptives are known to increase the blood clotting rates so you should consult your doctor if you or your family members had a history of serious blood clots.

Dizziness is one of the common side effects of lybrel and generic lybrel products; the level of dizziness is boosted when you take lybrel with alcohol or liquors. If you started taking lybrel recently then you should take care when you are driving or operating a machine till you know if you get dizzy when you take this medication or not.

Some people prefer to take the medicine in the early morning in order not to forget it but some times taking a medicine on empty stomach causes nausea and vomiting. If you get this bad feeling then start taking the pill after or during breakfast.

Some people have allergy from one or more ingredients of the drug, these people may develop skin reaction like rashes and hives when they are taking lybrel or any other oral contraceptive pills.

What should I do if I missed a dose or more?

Lybrel and generic lybrel products and all the other micro hormonal pills share one principal which is the regular administration of minute amounts of hormones to maintain prevention of pregnancy occurrence. Due to this principal and due to the other fact of the short half life of the hormones in this drug, you should take care not to miss any doses and maintain a usual time to take the pill every day.

If you missed a single dose then you should take it instantly even if you remembered this forgotten dose while you are taking the following one. After you take the missed dose then you should continue taking the following dose as usual (in the same time that you are used to take the pill).