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Norgeston
Tablets
- Doesn't contain oestrogen
- Relieves cramps
- Prevents unwanted pregnancy
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Norgeston Medical Information
Norgeston is an oral contraceptive pill (the ‘mini Pill’). You take it to stop you getting pregnant.
Norgeston contains a type of female sex hormone, called a progestogen. This hormone stops you getting pregnant by working in three ways:
- by making the fluid (mucus) in your cervix thicker, which makes it more difficult for sperm to enter the womb;
- by preventing the lining of your womb thickening enough for an egg to grow in it; and
- in some women it also stops the ovary releasing an egg each month (ovulation).
Norgeston is taken every day without a break. You take a pill every day for 35 days. Norgeston needs to be taken as directed to prevent pregnancy.
The likelihood of getting pregnant is slightly higher if you take a progestogen-only pill (POP) such as Norgeston than with some other medicines for hormonal contraception such as combined hormonal contraceptives containing an oestrogen and a progestogen.
Take Norgeston every day for 35 days Norgeston comes in strips of 35 pills, each marked with a day of the week.
Take your pill at the same time every day. Make sure that you are never more than three hours late with a pill otherwise the contraceptive protection may be lost.
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, until you have finished all 35 pills.
Swallow each pill whole, with water if necessary. Do not chew the pill. Then start your next strip Start your next strip of Norgeston the very next day after finishing the previous pack, again taking a pill marked with the day of the week.
Always start the new strip on time. You will be taking pills through your periods and there must be no break between packs
As long as you take Norgeston correctly, you will always start each new strip on the same day of the week.
As a new user or starting the Pill again after a break It is best to take your first Norgeston pill on the first day of your next period. Another method of contraception will not be required.
• If you are pregnant or might be pregnant
▪ If you have ever had a severe liver disease and have been told by your doctor that your liver function test results are not yet back to normal
▪ If you have ever had liver tumours
▪ If you have cancer affected by sex hormones –such as current or history of breast cancer
▪ If you have vaginal bleeding that has not been explained by your doctor
▪ If you have ever had a problem with your blood circulation. This includes a blood clot (thrombosis) in the legs (deep vein thrombosis), lungs (pulmonary embolism), heart (heart attack), brain (stroke) or any other parts of the body
▪ If you have severe diabetes with changes to the blood vessels
▪ If you are allergic (hypersensitive) to any of the ingredients in Norgeston.
Common or very common
Gastrointestinal discomfort
Headaches
Menstrual cycle irregularities
Nausea
Skin reactions
See other progesterone only contraception products
