About Alesse

Alesse is amongst the effective medicines in most available that can be used in birth control. If you can take the medicine as directed by your physician, there are 99% chances of it to be effective.

Drug Uses

Alesse consists of hormones (natural), which stops release of eggs from the ovary. Simultaneously, it prevents the sperm of a male from going inside the uterus of a female. Henceforth with the drug, you are in ease for enjoying intimate times with the partner.

How to Take Drug

It should be taken from the first Sunday following the beginning of your period. For taking the pills, you should choose a time that you can never forget. In case of 28-day cycles, take a single tablet on each day. Again for 21-days cycles, you should take one for each of those days. If any tablets are left in a 28 pills pack, you can leave that pack and start with a new one for the next cycle. For a better time to take your pill, you should opt for a consultation from your doctor.

Drug Precautions

If you are having angina, blood clotting disorder, heart disease, abnormal bleeding in vagina, jaundice history, epilepsy or high blood pressure, you should consult your doctor prior to the medication. In such cases most doctors avoid the intake of this drug or reduce its dosage to the minimum level.

It belongs to Category X of FDA pregnancy. Therefore, it can have an effect on unborn babies. Again variation in hormonal designs at the time of pregnancy might leave negative effect on developing babies.

Drug Interaction

It interacts with breast milk reducing its production. Henceforth, you should consult physicians, if breast-feeding your baby.

Side Effects

The main side effects with Alesse include:

• Bleeding in Vagina can occur
• Melasma
• Retention in fluid is a possibility

Tenderness in breast, nausea, appetite change, nervousness, headache, dizziness, depression, scalp hair loss, rashes, infections in vagina and pancreas inflammations are also possible side effects of Alesse.

Missed Dose

Missing pills might leave you with pregnancy. It includes delay in pack starting. Longer you miss the pill, likelier it is that you might become pregnant within 7 days of the first miss. Again light bleeding or spotting might also follow. However, compensating with two pills might leave you with stomach pain.

Overdose

Over-dosage might lead to vomiting, nausea, and fatigue/drowsiness. No treatment or antidote has been yet devised for its overdose.

Storage

It should be stored around 23°C and kept away from children.