Combined Contraceptive Pill

Zoely

Tablets

  • Taken daily for 28 days
  • Relieved pre-menstrual symptoms
  • Regulates period
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Zoely Medical Information

Zoely is a contraceptive pill that is used to prevent pregnancy.

All 24 white film-coated tablets are active tablets that contain a small amount of two different female hormones. These are nomegestrol acetate (a progestogen) and estradiol (an oestrogen).

The 4 yellow tablets are inactive tablets that do not contain hormones and are called placebo tablets.

Contraceptive pills that contain two different hormones, like Zoely, are called ‘combined pills’.

Estradiol, the oestrogen in Zoely, is identical to the hormone produced by your ovaries during a menstrual cycle.

Nomegestrol acetate, the progestogen in Zoely, is derived from the hormone progesterone.

Progesterone is produced by your ovaries during a menstrual cycle.

Each time you start a new blister of Zoely, take the number 1 white active tablet in the left-hand top corner. Choose from the 7 stickers with day indicators the one in the grey column that begins with your starting day. For example, if you start on a Wednesday, use the day label sticker that starts with ‘WED’. Stick it on the blister, just above the row of white active tablets where it reads ‘Place day label here’. This allows you to check whether you took your daily tablet.

Take one tablet each day at about the same time, with some water if necessary. Follow the direction of the arrows on the blister, so use the white active tablets first and then the yellow placebo tablets. Your period will start during the 4 days that you use the yellow placebo tablets (so-called withdrawal bleeding). Usually it will start 2-3 days after the last white active tablet and may not have finished before the next blister is started. Start taking your next blister immediately after the last yellow tablet, even if your period hasn’t finished. This means that you will always start a new blister on the same day of the week, and also that you have your period on roughly the same days each month. Some users may not have their period every month during the intake of the yellow tablets. If you have taken Zoely every day according to these directions, it is unlikely that you are pregnant.

Starting your first pack of Zoely

When no hormonal contraceptive has been used in the past month Start taking Zoely on the first day of your cycle (i.e. the first day of your menstrual bleeding). Zoely will work immediately. You do not need to use an additional contraceptive method.

When changing from another combined hormonal contraceptive (combined pill, vaginal ring, or transdermal patch)

You can start taking Zoely the day after you have taken the last tablet from your present pill blister (this means no tablet-free break). If your present pill blister also contains inactive (placebo) tablets you can start Zoely on the day after taking the last active tablet (if you are not sure which this is, ask your doctor or pharmacist). You can also start later, but never later than the day following the tablet-free break of your present pill (or the day after the last inactive tablet of your present pill). In case you use a vaginal ring or transdermal patch, it is best to start using Zoely on the day you remove the ring or patch. You can also start, at the latest, on the day you would have started using the next ring or patch. If you follow these instructions, it is not necessary to use an additional contraceptive method.

When changing from a progestogen-only pill (minipill)

You can stop taking the minipill any day and start taking Zoely the next day. But if you are having intercourse, make sure you also use a barrier method of contraception for the first 7 days that you are taking Zoely.

When changing from a progestogen-only injectable, implant or a hormone-medicated intrauterine system (IUS)

Start using Zoely when your next injection is due or on the day that your implant or IUS is removed. But if you are having intercourse, make sure you also use a barrier method of contraception for the first 7 days that you are taking Zoely. After having a baby You can start Zoely between 21 and 28 days after having a baby. If you start later than day 28, you should also use a barrier method of contraception during the first 7 days of Zoely use. If, after having a baby, you have had sexual intercourse before starting Zoely, be sure that you are not pregnant or wait until the next menstrual period. If you want to start Zoely after having a baby and are breast-feeding, see also section 2 ‘Pregnancy and Breast-feeding’. Ask your doctor what to do if you are not sure when to start. After a miscarriage or an abortion Follow the advice of your doctor.

• If you have (or have ever had) a blood clot in a blood vessel of your legs (deep vein thrombosis, DVT), your lungs (pulmonary embolus, PE) or other organs;

• if you know you have a disorder affecting your blood clotting - for instance, protein C deficiency, protein S deficiency, antithrombin – 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 a stroke;

• if you have (or have ever had) angina pectoris (a condition that causes severe chest pain and 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

– a very high level of fat in the blood (cholesterol or triglycerides);

– a condition known as hyperhomocysteinaemia

• if you have (or have ever had) a type of migraine called ‘migraine with aura’;

• if you have (had) inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis) associated with high levels of fat in your blood;

• if you have (had) severe liver disease and your liver is not yet working normally;

• if you have (had) a benign or malignant tumour in the liver;

• if you have (had), or if you may have, cancer of the breast or the genital organs;

• if you have meningioma or have ever been diagnosed with a meningioma (a generally benign tumour of the tissue layer between the brain and the skull).

• if you have any unexplained bleeding from the vagina;

• if you are allergic to estradiol or nomegestrol acetate, or any of the other ingredients of this medicine

Very common (may affect more than 1 in 10 people):

• acne

• changes to menstrual periods (e.g. absence or irregularity)

Common (may affect up to 1 in 10 people):

• decreased interest in sex; depression/depressed mood; mood changes

• headache or migraine

• feeling sick (nausea)

• heavy menstrual periods; breast pain; pelvic pain

• weight gain

Uncommon (may affect up to 1 in 100 people):

• increased appetite; fluid retention (oedema)

• hot flush

• swollen abdomen

• increased sweating; hair loss; itching; dry skin; oily skin

• heaviness in limbs

• regular but scanty periods; larger breasts; breast lump; milk production while not pregnant; premenstrual syndrome; pain during intercourse; dryness in the vagina or vulva; spasm of the uterus

• irritability

• increased liver enzymes

Rare (may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people):

• harmful blood clots in a vein or artery, for example:

o in a leg or foot (i.e., DVT)

o in a lung (i.e., PE)

o heart attack

o stroke

o mini-stroke or temporary stroke-like symptoms known as a transient ischaemic attack (TIA)

o blood clots in the liver, stomach/intestine, kidneys or eye.

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