Stay Safe with Birth Control Pills: Cerazette and Micronor
Women who use regular means of contraception, take either combination pills or mini pills. Both the types of pills contain artificial female hormones. The combination pills contain two artificial hormones of oestrogen and progestogen, while the mini pill contains only one artificial female hormone of progestogen. One of the most popular combination pill is Loestrin, which has been proven to be almost 99% effective. It contains ethinylestradiol (artificial oestrogen) and Norethisterone (artificial progestogen) as its active ingredient. This pill gives you protection against pregnancy in three ways.
One of the most popular mini pill is Cerazette, which has been proven to be almost 100% effective in giving protection against pregnancy. This pill contains desogestrel (artificial progestogen) as its active ingredient, and similar in effect to that of combination pills such as Loestrin. This pill works by preventing ovulation from occurring, altering the womb lining and thickening the cervical mucus to prevent a sperm from entering the womb. The pill is best effective if taken on the very first day of your periods, and is to be taken for all 28 days of your menstrual cycle.
Micronor is another mini pill, which has also been proven to be almost 100% effective in preventing pregnancy in women. This pill contains norethisterone (artificial progestogen) as its active ingredient. This pill provides you with protection by thickening the cervical mucus, so as to prevent a sperm from entering and fertilizing an egg. It also alters the womb lining so that even if an egg does get fertilized, it cannot attach itself and grow further in the womb.