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Microgynon is a combined pill you can get in a regular 21 day pack or a 28 day pack you take every day of the month.
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Microgynon is a combined pill for contraception. It combines two hormones, an oestrogen and a progestogen. These override the normal menstrual cycle in the body, and makes pregnancy much less likely to happen.
There are two pack sizes for Microgynon. There’s the standard 21 day pack, where you take a pill each day for 21 days and then have a 7 day break. But there’s also a Microgynon ED or everyday version. Each strip of pills in this pack contains 28: 21 active and seven inactive pills. You’ll take the inactive pills on the days you would normally have a break. This can help taking the pill easier, and help you remember to start your new pack on the right day.
Microgynon works by changing the levels of hormones in the body. Hormonal birth control can stop ovulation, which is when the ovary releases an egg every month. With no egg to fertilise, there can be no pregnancy. But that’s not the only way Microgynon provides protection from pregnancy.
Normally, the lining of your uterus will grow every month so that it’s easier for a fertilised egg to implant itself. With Microgynon, this lining remains thin, which is why you’re likely to get shorter and lighter periods. Hormones change the consistency of your cervical mucus too, preventing the sperm reaching the womb, making it even more effective at preventing pregnancy.
Microgynon birth control has 0.15mg of levonorgestrel and 0.03mg of ethinyl estradiol. You might also see the ethinyl estradiol written as 30mcg. Microgynon only comes in one dosage, which means there’s no low dose Microgynon if you like how you feel on it but want to adjust the amounts of oestrogen or progestin.
There is however another combined pill which has the same active ingredients in a lower dose. Logynon is a triphasic pill (which means that the month’s pills are split into three phases) which contains lower amounts of levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol. Microgynon 30 ED is the same as regular Microgynon 30 only with 7 extra inactive spacer tablets that help you to remember to take a pill every day.
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