Clinical update: Contraception – There are 14 different kinds of contraceptive pill available. Three new pills were introduced in Ireland in 2009: Qlaira (which is useful for painful periods), Yaz (which has the same hormones as Yasminelle but in a 28-day pack) and Cerezette (a progesterone-only pill). Qlaira is the only pill with natural oestrogen [...]
The emergency contraceptive drug ulipristal acetate provides women and healthcare providers with an effective alternative that can be used up to five days after unprotected sexual intercourse, a study in The Lancet has stated. Emergency contraception can prevent unintended pregnancies, but current methods are only effective if used as soon as possible after sexual intercourse [...]
Company: Bayer Schering Pharma. Legal category: Prescription. GMS. Sport Permitted. Active ingredients: Estradiol valerate 3mg (2 dark yellow tablets marked DD), estradiol valerate 2mg and dienogest 2mg (5 medium red tablets marked DJ), estradiol valerate 2mg and dienogest 3mg (17 light yellow tablets marked DH), estradiol valerate 1mg (2 dark red tablets marked DN). 2 [...]
Company: Schering-Plough Ltd. Legal category: Prescription. GMS. Sport permitted. Active ingredient: Desogestrel 75mg. Description: White, round, biconvex film-coated tablet with one side coded KV above 2 and Organon on the reverse side. Presentation: 28, €5.90. Indication: Contraception. Pharmacology: Cerazette is a progestagen-only pill, which contains the progestogen desogestrel. Like other progestogen-only pills, it is best [...]
Prescription. GMS. Sport permitted. Yaz is the first everyday pill on the Irish market containing the unique progestin drospirenone combined with a low dose of ethinyl estradiol taken every day for 28 days – 24 days of active hormone tablets followed by 4 days of hormone free tablets. All other oral contraceptive pills currently available [...]
The average age of a first-time mother in Ireland has gradually increased over time and is now thirty years old. At the same time, age of first intercourse is decreasing and is now 18.2 years. Families tend to have one or two children and families of three or more children are the exception, rather than [...]
Company: Rowex Ltd. Legal category: Prescription. GMS. Sport permitted. Active ingredients: Levonorgestrel 100mcg, ethinylestradiol 20mcg. Description: White round biconvex coated tablet. Presentation: 3 x 21, €9.00 (1 month 21, €3.00). Indications: Oral contraception. Pharmacology: Ethinylestradiol is a potent oral synthetic oestrogen. Like natural estradiol, it has a proliferative action on epithelial tissues of female genital [...]
The pill reduces women to mere instrument for the satisfaction of male desires; it can, directly or indirectly, be a cause of infertility, which can cause much heartache especially to women. The pill can also cause congenital abnormalities, including Down’s Syndrome, in offspring of women under 40. It probably leads to increased divorce rates by [...]
Janssen-Cilag Ltd would like to inform you that they have discontinued Gyno- Ortho-Crème (nonoxinol-9) at the end of January 2008. They are pleased to announce that an alternative nonoxinol-9 based spermicidal product will be available from Marlborough Pharmaceuticals Ltd. This product is called Gygel and is a contraceptive gel containing 2% nonoxinol-9. All enquiries concerning [...]
Company: Clonmel Healthcare Ltd. Legal category: Prescription. GMS. Sport: Permitted Active ingredient: Ethinylestradiol 30μg, gestodene 75μg. Description: White, round, biconvex sugar coated tablets. Presentation: 3 x 21, €7.60. Indications: Oral contraception. Pharmacology: Estelle is a hormonal contraceptive for systemic use. The contraceptive effect of contraceptive pills rests on the interaction of various factors, the most [...]
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