Directions
You should use Femodette only after consulting a healthcare professional and readig 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 Femodette 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
Each Katya tablet contains the active ingredients: 30 mcg ethinylestradiol and 75 mcg gestodene.
Each Katya tablet also contains the inactive ingredients: Magnesium stearate, Calcium carbonate, Sucrose Maize starch, Lactose monohydrate, Wax montan glycol, Povidone K-90, Macrogol 6000, Talc, Povidone K-25.
Warnings
Katya may not be the best option for you if you:
- Are allergic to any of its ingredients
- Have severe migraines or diabetes
- Have a history of breast cancer, stroke or heart attack
- Have cancer of the genitals
- Have an impaired liver function
- Have high blood pressure
- Have or have had a blood clot or blood clotting disorder
- Your 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. More information can be found in the manufacturer’s manual/ leaflet.
