Directions
When you use Femodene, consult a healthcare professional and read the instructions:
- Take a pill every day for the next 21 days.
- Swallow it with water.
- Try taking your pills at around the same time each day.
- You can then take a 7-day pill free break once you are done with the 21 pills.
- Expect a withdrawal bleed during this break.
- Start a new pack of Femodene after the 7-day break.
- Remember, you are still safe from getting pregnant during the 7-day pill-free break. But only if you took your pills as advised.
Ingredients
Active ingredients: 30mcg ethinylestradiol and 75mcg gestodene
Inactive ingredients: Lactose, maize starch, montan glycol wax calcium carbonate (E170), povidone, sucrose, magnesium stearate (E572), sodium calcium edetate, talc, and macrogol 6000.
Warnings
Femodene may not be the best option for you if you:
- Are allergic to any of its ingredients
- Have angina pectories
- Have severe migraines or diabetes
- Have a history of breast cancer stroke or heart attack
- Have impaired liver function
- Have high blood pressure
- Have or have had a blood clot or blood clotting disorder
- You blood has high lipid levels.
Consult your doctor to see if you have any other condition that might prevent you from using Femodene as a preferred contraceptive.
