Cerazette

Description

Cerazette is used to prevent pregnancy.

• There are 2 main kinds of hormone contraceptive.

– The combined pill, “The Pill”, which contains 2 types of female sex hormone an oestrogen and a progestogen,
– The progestogen-only pill, POP, which doesn’t contain an oestrogen.
• Cerazette is a progestogen-only-pill (POP).
• Cerazette contains a small amount of one type of female sex hormone, the progestogen desogestrel.
• Most POPs work primarily by preventing the sperm cells from entering the womb but they do not always prevent the egg cell from ripening, which is the main way that combined pills work.
• Cerazette is different from most POPs in having a dose that in most cases prevents the egg cell from ripening. As a result, Cerazette is a highly effective contraceptive.
• In contrast to the combined pill, Cerazette can be used by women who do not tolerate oestrogens and by women who are breast feeding.
• A disadvantage is that vaginal bleeding may occur at irregular intervals during the use of Cerazette. On the other hand you may not have any bleeding at all.