Yasmin Pill | Nuva Ring | Ortho Evra Patch | Lunelle Injectable

Combined Hormonal Contraceptives

Over and above the oral route of delivering combined hormonal contraceptives, researchers have developed a few methods with alternative routes of hormone delivery. This has been to avoid hepatic first pass metabolism and daily intake of hormones. The combined hormonal contraceptive methods introduced recently include:

• Yasmin—a combined oral contraceptive pill with a newer progestin, Drospirenone, 

• Nuva Ring—a contraceptive vaginal ring, 

• Ortho Evra—a transdermal contraceptive patch, and

• Lunelle—a monthly injectable contraceptive. 

All of these methods contain both estrogen and progesterone with daily dosage either less than or the same as in combined oral contraceptive pills. The mechanism of action, advantages and limitations, indications and precautions for use, side effects and complications, and the time for starting these methods are similar to combined oral contraceptive pills, with a few exceptions.

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