Ovral
Ovral
Ovral is effective, low dose of synthetic hormone combination tablets used for preventing an unintended pregnancy. Each birth control pills kit has a supply of 21-hormonal tablets, and 7 placebo medicines, which provoke a periods to prohibit pregnancy. The medication is useful for accurately disallowing functions required to cause a pregnancy even if an intercourse takes place. It has other uses like acne reduction and regularizing menstrual cycles. Some suggest it for lessening painful periods, and treat primary dysmenorrhoea, and menorrhagia. But in majority it is taken as oral contraceptive.
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How Does Ovral Prohibit Pregnancy?
When female sex hormones (oestrogen) cause ovulation, the eggs may meet sperm on intercourse. When fertilized, it implants. The progesterone hormone develops endometrial lining of uterus, which holds the embryo.
- What Ovral contraceptive pill does is, prevent ovulation i.e. mature eggs are not released by ovaries.
- Stop fertilization by suppressing possibility of sperm finding egg by thickening cervical mucus (physical barrier to sperm)
- It eliminates implantation chance by altering endometrium development. Thus, embryo is not formed, or implanted, causing no pregnancy.
What are Dosage Steps for Ovral?
Take an Ovral pill every day with a glass of water at same time all days. Each kit has 21 or 28 tablets for a whole months cycle. These must be taken as indicate for effectively preventing a pregnancy.
All Active Pills: The 21 white pills are hormonal in 21 day course. After which, the woman is off the birth control tablets for a week. In these week-off medicines, she will get her periods. The female can take Ovral course from 28th day for guarding self against pregnancy for the next cycle.
Active and Inert Pills: This is the 28 day course, out of which the first 21 days is to be followed alike 21-day active pill birth control. The week-off is replaced by orally consuming an inert tablet everyday for the week. These tablets are non-hormonal. Bleeding happens in the inset-pill course duration. Begin with new medicine course from 28th day.
What are the Ingredients in Ovral?
Ovral 28 tablets course is composed of synthetic oestrogen (ethinyloestradiol), and progestogen (norgestrel). These work combined in preventing an unwanted pregnancy.
Ovral is Safe Contraception
One of the most effective oral contraceptive, which help woman plan her pregnancy is Ovral Birth Control. It is taken 21 or 28 days continually, and leads to menstrual bleeding at the end of the treatment. The periods can be lighter and less painful than normal. The act of menstruating depicts that the pregnancy has been successfully prevented.
What are Ovral Side Effects?
The common side effects of oral contraceptives are breakthrough bleeding, abdomen pain, spotting, breast pain or tenderness, nausea, headache, oedema, skin itching or rashes, insomnia, depression, or temporary blotchy discoloration of the face. In rare events, the female can endure fluid retention, body weight and libido changes, migraine.
When Ovral must be avoided?
- On allergy to synthetic hormones in Ovral 28.
- Past history of breast and endometrial cancer or liver disease.
- On having migraine, deep venous thrombosis, heart attack, high blood pressure.
- Suffered from stroke, thromboembolic disorder, otosclerosis (ear disorder) worsened in last pregnancies.
- Diagnosed with lipid disorder, systemic lupus erythematosus, or diabetes.
Which Drugs can interact with Ovral?
Few drugs can interfere in efficiency of Ovral birth control pills, and increase chances of getting pregnancy. Do not take following medicines with oral contraceptives.
- Antibiotics such as penicillin.
- Barbiturates, St Johns Wort.
- Anticonvulsants like carbamazepine, and phenytoin.
- Anti-infectives such as rifabutin, rifampicin, griseofulvin, and nevirapine.
