About Ortho TriCyclen LO

When you require an effective and a less hormone pill for birth control, Ortho TriCyclen LO should be your choice. It allows you to have predictable periods along with lesser side effects especially breakthrough bleeding.

Drug Uses

This medication is utilized for preventing pregnancy. Consisting of estrogen and progestin, it helps in preventing the egg release. Again, cervical mucus and womb are modified making it tougher for eggs to interact with sperms or for fertilized eggs to get attached to the womb walls.

Apart from pregnancy, they also help in:

- Regularizing periods
- Reduction in loss of blood
- Reduction in pain during periods
- Decreasing risks that comes along with ovarian cysts

How to Take Drug

You should be thorough with the leaflet provided to you along with the medicine prior to its usage. It has all the information that is necessary in relation to the pills.

You should take it once in a day through your oral cavity. The dose might vary according to the consultation of your physician. In case of once a day, you should choose a time, which is easy to remember. You should take the pills in an order that they should be taken.

Pills should be taken at a difference of 24 hours and consuming them around evening meals or before going to sleep gives you the best result, if you are having nausea / upset stomach.

Drug Precautions

If you are using tobacco or smoking cigarettes while taking the pills, there is a possibility that you might have a stroke or a heart problem. In case of women aging above 35 who have more than a pack of cigarette in a day, heart risks are of greater possibility.

Drug Interactions

Interactions with phenylbutazone, antibiotics, phenytoin, carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, topiramate, amobarbital, butabarbital, mephobarbital, secobarbital, Phenobarbital, certain HIV medications or over-the-counter creams can cause Ortho TriCyclen LO to become less effective. Hence, the girl in comsideration can get pregnant.

Side Effects

Although there are many side effects associated with the medication, the most common are vomiting, nausea, cramped or bloated stomach, headache, dizziness, irritation or discomfort in vagina, tenderness or enlargement seen in breast or increased fluid secretion from vagina.

Missed Dose

You might get pregnant if there is a missed dose in your routine consumption. Similar results can take place when new packs are started late or pills are taken after irregular intervals.

Overdose

The symptoms involved in overdose of Ortho TriCyclen LO include vomiting, vaginal bleeding and nausea.

Storage

Storage temperature lies between 14 - 30 degrees Centigrade in darker and drier atmosphere. Again, bathroom is not a preferred storeroom. Children should be kept away from the medication.