Lizinna
Tablets
- Alternative to Cilique
- Over 99% effective
- Relieves pain and discomfort
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Lizinna Medical Information
Lizinna is a combined hormonal contraceptive pill (‘the Pill’).
You take it to stop getting pregnant.
This contraceptive contains two types of female sex hormones, oestrogen and progestogen. These hormones prevent an egg being released from your ovaries so you can’t get pregnant. Also, Lizinna makes the fluid (mucus) in your cervix thicker which makes it more difficult for sperm to enter the womb.
Lizinna is a 21-day Pill - you take one each day for 21 days, followed by 7 days when you take no pills.
Lizinna contains 250 micrograms of norgestimate and 35 micrograms of ethinylestradiol.
Take Lizinna every day for 21 days
Lizinna comes in a strip of 21 pills, each marked with a day of the week.
Take your pill at the same time every day.
Start by taking a pill marked with the correct day of the week.
Follow the direction of the arrows on the strip. Take one pill each day.
Swallow each pill whole, with water if necessary. Do not chew the pill.
Then have seven pill - free days After you have taken all 21 pills in the strip, you have seven days when you take no pills. So if you take the last pill of one pack on a Friday, you will take the first pill of your next pack on the Saturday of the following week. Within a few days of taking the last pill from the strip, you should have a withdrawal bleed like a period. This bleed may not have finished when it is time to start your next strip of pills.
You don’t need to use extra contraception during these seven pill-free days -as long as you have taken your pills correctly and start the next strip of pills on time. Then start your next strip Start taking your next strip of Cilique after the seven pill-free days -even if you are still bleeding.
Always start the new strip on time.
As long as you take Lizinna correctly, you will always start each new strip on the same day of the week.
• If you have (or have ever had) a blood clot in a blood vessel of your legs (deep vein thrombosis, DVT), your lungs (pulmonary embolism, PE) or other organs
• If you know you have a disorder affecting your blood clotting (for instance, protein C deficiency, protein S deficiency, ant ithrombin-III deficiency, Factor V Leiden or antiphospholipid antibodies)
• If you need an operation or if you are off your feet for a long time
• 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 which may be a first sign of a heart attack) or transient ischaemic attack (TIA - temporary stroke symptoms)
• If you have any of the following diseases that may increase your risk of a clot in the arteries:
- severe diabetes with blood vessel damage
- very high blood pressure
- very high level of fat in the blood (cholesterol or triglycerides)
- a condition called hyperhomocysteinaemia
• If you have cancer affected by sex hormones – such as some cancers of the breast or womb lining If you have (or have ever had) a type of migraine called ‘migraine with aura’
• If you have breast or liver cancer
• If you have or have recently had a severe liver disease
• If you have hepatitis C and are taking medicines containing ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir, and dasabuvir or glecaprevir/ pibrentasvir
• If you are allergic (hypersensitive) to any of the ingredients in Cilique.
• If you have vaginal bleeding that has not been explained by your doctor
Very common (may affect more than 1 in 10 people)
• Headache (but if severe, unusual or long lasting, see a doctor as soon as possible)
• Stomach problems such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea
• Bleeding and spotting between your periods for the first few months (though this usually stops when your body adjusts to Cilique), Bleeding between periods should not last long
• Painful or unusual periods.
Common (may affect up to 1 in 10 people)
• Migraine (see a doctor as soon as possible if this is your first migraine or it’s worse than usual)
• Swollen hands, ankles or feet
• Depression; mood changes; feeling nervous or dizzy
• Difficulty sleeping (insomnia)
• Stomach ache and bloating; constipation; wind
• Acne; rash
• Muscle spasms; pain in the legs, arms and back
• Painful breasts
• Urinary tract infections (pain on passing urine)
• Vaginal infect ions such as thrush
• Vaginal discharge
• No menstrual periods
• Feeling weak
• Weight gain.
Uncommon (may affect up to 1 in 100 people)
• Breast problems, such as fuller breasts; producing fluid from the nipples
• Abnormal cells in the cervix (identified by a smear test)
• Feeling anxious or faint; tingling sensation or numbness
• Changes in skin colour
• Skin problems such as redness and itchiness
• Hair thinning (alopecia), excessive hair growth
• Changes in appetite
• Weight may vary
• Change in sex drive
• Dry eyes
• Changes in vision
• Palpitations (feeling your heart beat)
• Hot flushes
• Muscle pain
• Vaginal dryness
• Ovarian cysts (may cause pain and swelling of the abdomen, changes in periods).
Rare (may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people)
• Lumpy breasts
• Loss of sex drive
• Feeling giddy
• Faster heart beat
• Pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas, which causes severe pain in the abdomen and back)
• Increased sweating
• Sensitivity to light.
Not Known: frequency cannot be estimated from the available data
• Reduced amount of breast milk (if breast feeding)
• Contact lenses may feel uncomfortable
• Red painful lumpy swellings on the legs
• Changes in fat levels in the blood (seen by blood tests)
• Night sweats.
See other combined contraception pill products