Day 1 to 7: This brand of birth control pills comes in four one-week packs, meaning the birth control dosage changes each week. The goal of this pill is to balance or regulate your reproductive system to prevent pregnancy through balanced hormones. The pills contain Ethinyl estradiol 0.035 mg and norgestimate 0.18 mg [7 tablets]; Day 8 to 14: Ethinyl estradiol 0.035 mg and norgestimate 0.215 mg [7 tablets]; Day 15 to 21: Ethinyl estradiol 0.035 mg and norgestimate 0.25 mg [7 tablets]; Day 22 to 28: 7 inactive tablets. This birth control can also be used to treat acne in women at least 15 years of age.
Irregular brown spots on the face, abdominal pain, headache, depression, irregular bleeding, vaginitis, breast tenderness. Some serious side effects may include high blood pressure, heart attack, gall bladder disease, pancreatitis, blood clots, stroke and liver disease.
If someone has overdosed and has serious symptoms such as passing out or trouble breathing, call 911. Otherwise, call a poison control center right away. US residents can call their local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222. Symptoms of overdose may include severe nausea and vomiting, sudden/unusual vaginal bleeding.
If you are pregnant. If you have history of breast cancer, liver disease, undiagnosed abnormal uterine bleeding; concomitant use of hepatitis C drugs. If you have history of blood clots, stroke, coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus with vascular disease, hypertension (uncontrolled), headaches, migraine headaches, thrombogenic valvular or rhythm diseases of the heart, women >35 years who smoke.