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Ethinylestradiol / Drospirenone (Yacella)
30 mcg / 3mg tab Pack of 63		£8.30PCT FORMULARY STATUS: First Line Drugs [Notes:] Risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) for drospirenone-containing combined oral contraceptives (COCs), is higher than for levonorgestrel and those containing desogestrel or gestodene. The risk of VTE with drospirenone containing pills remains very small and, like other oral contraceptives, is less than that associated with pregnancy. Oestrogens And Hrt
PCT FORMULARY STATUSFirst Line Drugs Combined Hormonal Contraceptives		View BNF Article on 'Ethinylestradiol / Drospirenone'View SPC on 'Ethinylestradiol / Drospirenone'View PIL on 'Ethinylestradiol / Drospirenone'
Risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) for drospirenone-containing combined oral contraceptives (COCs), is higher than for levonorgestrel and those containing desogestrel or gestodene. The risk of VTE with drospirenone containing pills remains very small and, like other oral contraceptives, is less than that associated with pregnancy.
 
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