Is Alesse the same as Alysena?
Alysena is the generic drug for Alesse and you may have received this from your pharmacy. Normally, Alysena-28 contains 3 weeks of pink active pills and one week of white placebo pills. The affected product may contain up to two rows of white placebo pills, which could put women at risk for unintended pregnancy.
What birth control is similar to Alesse?
Alesse, Loestrin, Ortho-cyclen, Seasonale, and Yaz are a few examples. Each active pill in the pack is the same. If you forget to take a pill one day, you take it as soon as you remember, and then take your next pill at your regularly scheduled time.
Is Alysena a good birth control?
Alysena and Alesse These pills are progestin and estrogen combination contraceptive pills. When taken regularly as advised by the doctor and without missing a dose, the pills are effective in 98% – 99% of cases. However, the use failure rate for Alysena and Alesse is 7% if one may miss or not take it properly.
What kind of birth control is Alysena?
ALYSENA™ is a birth control tablet (oral contraceptive) that contains two female sex hormones (levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol). Packages of ALYSENA™ 28 should have three rows of pink (active) pills and one row of white inactive (no hormones) pills.
Why is Alesse discontinued?
The manufacturing or other defects of these recalled lots of contraceptive pills is due to the production of chipped, malformed or smaller-than-needed pills, leading to lower effectiveness of this birth control drug and leading to unplanned pregnancies.
What is the generic name for Alesse?
Teva’s generic of Alesse® Tablets: Aviane® (levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol tablets, USP)
Is Alesse a strong birth control?
ALESSE is a birth control pill (oral contraceptive) that contains two female sex hormones (levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol). It has been shown to be highly effective in preventing pregnancy when taken as prescribed by your doctor.
Has Alesse been discontinued?
The Alesse brand name has been discontinued in the U.S. If generic versions of this product have been approved by the FDA, there may be generic equivalents available.
Does Alysena have estrogen in it?
Alysena is a commonly prescribed low-dose COC with only 20 mcg ethinyl estradiol (synthetic estrogen) and a progestin called levonorgestrel. Keeping the estrogen content lower helps prevent side effects like headaches, breast tenderness or mood changes.
Does Alesse 28 have any side effects?
I’ve been on Alesse 28 for almost 6 years. No issues besides some mood swings in the beginning while my body adjusted. My period lasts 2-3 days max and it’s very light.
Is there a difference between Alesse and the generic version?
Alesse was the first birth control pill I took. I was also on a generic version for part of the time, don’t know the name bit it was different then yours. There is absolutely no difference in the active ingredients (ie: the important ingredients) between the generic version and the brand name.
Can I take the new pack with Alysena?
Yeah as long as you start the new pack as normal without taking over a 7 day break you’ll stay fully protected! So can i take it how i normally would with alysena or do i have to treat it as a new birth control and use protection for the first 7 days, like do i have to start over?