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Helen 0.03 mg - 2 mg film-coat. tabl. 13 x 21
CERES PHARMA.€58.28 tax excluded
- Brands
- Mithra.
- Delivery form
- Tablet.
- Type of product
- Spécialité
- The tablets should be taken each day at about the same time, in the order shown on the strip (preferably in the evening?).
- Take a tablet daily for 21 days.
- Each subsequent pack starts after a period of 7 days without tablets which withdrawal bleeding will occur.
Pill more than 12 hours forget to take
- The last forgotten film-coated tablet should be taken immediately, even if it means that one has to take 2 tablets at the same time. The other film-coated tablets must as are usually taken.
- An additional mechanical contraception (. Eg condoms) is necessary, however, during the next seven days.
- If the current package contains less than seven tablets, the following should be started as soon as the current is empty, ie without interval between the packs.
What Helen contains
The active ingredients are: ethinylestradiol and chlormadinone acetate. One film-coated tablet contains 0.030 mg ethinylestradiol and 2.0 mg chlormadinone acetate.
The other ingredients are: lactose monohydrate (see section 2 "Helen contains lactose monohydrate"), maize starch, povidone K 30, magnesium stearate (Ph. Eur.) [vegetable-based], hypromellose (E464), hydroxypropylcellulose (E463), talc (E553b), hydrogenated cottonseed oil, titanium dioxide (E171), red iron oxide (E172).
Helen must not be used if any of the following apply to you. If any of the following apply to you, you must tell your doctor. Your doctor will then discuss with you which other form of contraception is more suitable for you.
• if you have (or have had in the past) a blood clot in a blood vessel of the legs (deep vein thrombosis, DVT), lungs (pulmonary embolism, PE) or any other organ;
• if you know that you suffer from a blood clotting disorder – for example, protein C deficiency, protein S deficiency, antithrombin III deficiency, factor V Leiden or antiphospholipid antibodies;
• if you need to have surgery or are bedridden for a long time (see section "Blood clots");
• if you have ever had a heart attack or stroke;
• if you have (or have ever had) angina pectoris (a condition that causes severe chest pain and can be an early sign of a heart attack) or a transient ischemic attack (TIA – temporary symptoms of a stroke);
• if you suffer from any of the following diseases, which can increase the risk of a blood clot in an artery:
severe diabetes with damage to the blood vessels
very high blood pressure
o very high blood lipid levels (cholesterol or triglycerides)
or a disease known as hyperhomocysteinemia.
• if you suffer or have suffered in the past from a specific form of migraine (so-called "migraine with aura");
• if you are allergic to ethinylestradiol, chlormadinone acetate or any of the other ingredients of this medicine listed in section 6;
• if you are suffering from hepatitis (e.g. due to a virus) or jaundice and your liver values have not yet returned to normal;
This is a medecine available without a prescription.. Do not use long without medical advice. Read the instructions carefully. Keep this medicine out of the reach of children. Keep the manual as it contains important information. Ask for advice from your doctor or pharmacist. Consult your doctor if adverse reactions.
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