Mini-pill: the names of drugs, list, prices, reviews

Saving women's health at birth - an important challenge facing the doctor, a woman in choosing contraception. Contraceptives mini-pill alternative COC considered to have fewer limitations to the use and undesirable effects.

Advantages and disadvantages of progestin contraceptives

Contraceptive mini-pill have advantages over members of contraceptives, having a similar effect:

1. Preparations of this group can be used in women with abnormalities of veins, cardiovascular system, suffering from diabetes, high blood pressure. These birth control pills preferable to appoint women after 35 years, the emphasis is on smokers. The presence of the above conditions of the female body is considered to be a contraindication to the use of COCs.
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2. On the body have an effect more smoothly.
3. The tablets are allowed even during lactation: no effect on the taste, and other quality characteristics of milk.
4. After the abolition of the contraceptive a woman's body is recovered for a short period of time (a month it is possible to get pregnant).
5. Below the percentage of undesirable side effects on the application.

Above advantages make the contraceptive pill indispensable in situations where COC use is prohibited. But the mini-pill has disadvantages in the form of adverse reactions:

1. Disorders of menstrual function. This undesirable effect is most common in women.
2. Provoke the development of functional ovarian cysts on the surface. They usually disappear within two months following discontinuation of therapy a woman.
3. Exacerbation of chronic infections: vulvitis, vulvovaginal fungal origin.
4. Diarrheal Reactions: Nausea, vomiting, changes in stool.
5. The increase in body weight.
6. decreased libido.
7. The emergence of pain in the breast, engorgement of her tissue.
8. Changes in the emotional sphere: the woman becomes irritable, prone to the adverse effects of stress factors.
9. Changes in the blood coagulation system.
10. Increased oiliness of the skin, which leads to the appearance of pimples and blackheads. Also are fatty hair.
11. Headache.

Important! Used for contraception contraception in women often involves the occurrence of violations of the usual menstrual cycle. This is an undesirable effect, a greater percentage of women decide to remove the drug.

Mechanism of action

Mini-pill (also known as FER) - is contraceptives that contain only progestin in its composition. The operating principle of the mini-pill is a reconstruction of a hormonal background, typical of pregnancy. Increased levels of the hormone progesterone.

POCs effect (progestin-only contraceptives) due to the following actions:

1. Decrease the production of cervical mucus. At the same time it changes texture, becoming thick, viscous, as yet a further barrier to the passage of sperm into the uterus.
2. Suppressed ovulation. Tablets have luteolytic effect on the corpus luteum in the ovary. This action is noted in only a quarter of women.
3. Ranges internal structure layer of the uterus, the biochemical composition varies. In the cavity formed by the conditions that negatively impact the possibility of implantation of a fertilized egg.
4. Suppressing muscle contractility fallopian tubes, so the rate of passage of the egg it is reduced.

To fit without estrogen contraceptives

Mini-pill is prescribed for women who, for whatever reasons, are not suitable COCs. Allowed to use in situations:

• with a history of diabetes of any type;
• in severe heart diseases;
• increased pressure (it should not rise above 160/100);
• vascular pathologies varicose changes, the tendency to thrombosis;
• It can be administered immediately after an abortion or natural childbirth;
• mothers whose child breastfed. Negligible dose enters the breast milk from the mother's blood is absolutely no danger to the child. Mini-pill does not affect the taste of the milk, its color, the qualitative composition. Milk production does not suffer;
• with hormone-dependent diseases of the female organs. These include endometriosis, uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts. COCs in these pathologies is problematic, because outside interference in violation of hormones can cause an increase in the rate of progression of pathology.
• period before, after operation;

Contraindications and side effects

There are a number of conditions under which the female body receiving mini-pill is contraindicated. These include:

• pathologies of the nervous system accompanied by convulsive symptom;
• pathology burdened heart, blood vessels;
• malignancies of the reproductive system;
• running liver disease, urinary system;
• bleeding from the genital tract of unknown cause;
• taking certain medications, such as antiepileptic or tranquilizers.

Instructions for use of the mini-pill

In order to prevent fear of unwanted pregnancy, you must adhere to a set of rules at the beginning of the use of mini-pill:

1. Choose the most convenient time to receive the drug. Less likely to forget to take a pill.
2. The maximum effect is manifested after 4-5 hours of administration of the tablet. Time control reception in the case of the mini-pill should be conducted continuously: this affects the display of the main effects of the drug. Even a few hours of playing a major role.
3. Tablets use every day. If the old packing mini-pill is over, then immediately to start a new one. Break can not be done between them.
4. Start can be carried out with any day of the cycle, but will be more effective to start with the first day of menstruation. The contraceptive effect in this case will be easy already on the following day after receiving the pills.
5. Following an abortion, miscarriage need to take a pill mini-pill for five days.
6. If a woman says in his apparent side effects from the use of, you need to consult a gynecologist. Most likely, this drug is not suitable, it is better to choose another.
7. If it so happened that the woman for some reason forgot to take a pill mini-pill on time, she should drink the drug immediately after remember it. Further tablets should be taken as usual.
8. Mini-pill drugs affect the nature of the discharge in the critical days. They can become not so abundant, while the cycle tends to lengthen. This is the norm for contraceptives, there is no need to change or cancel tablets.

Names of drugs minipill

At the present pharmacological market quite a lot of progestin birth control pills, so you can find easily the drug from the mini-pill, ideal woman, given the attendant ailments. List of products, the most popular among gynecologists and patients:

• "Charozetta";
• "Mikronor";
• "Ekslyuton";
• "Mikrolyut";
• "Kontinuin";
• "Ovret";
• "Mikropar";
• "Latinet".

Mini-pill contraceptive during feeding

Breast-feeding is not considered a ban for taking this class of contraceptives. Mini-pill contains a fairly low dose of hormone and breast milk transmits negligible concentration. The drug is administered 4-5 weeks after delivery at the beginning of the sexual life of the spouses.

The names of the mini-pill medications for nursing

Minipill, without exception, are permitted during breastfeeding, so you need only to choose the most suitable drug, together with gynecologist. But we must note that the drugs can trigger mood swings, other reactions of the nervous system that can affect the separation of milk.

What are mini-pill is better

It is impossible to say for sure about what kind of preparation from a progestin-only contraceptives are better or worse. Each woman chooses the one drug that does not cause unwanted effects, easy to use and most importantly - effective. Be sure to pre-diagnosis of pathological states of the organism, as can identify possible contraindications to even the best mini-pill.

How much is the mini-pill

Price package mini-pill at the pharmacy depends on the preparation for the application. The cost of some of the tablets:

drug Name	Average price (in rubles)
"Laktinet"	560
"Ovret"	520
"Kontinuin"	260
"Mikronor"	150
"Charozetta"	830

Reviews of Women minipill

conclusion

Contraceptive mini-pill already have a large audience of consumers. Preparations have rather many virtues, rarely trigger adverse reactions.