WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for February, 2001: Re: Modicon (????)

Re: Modicon (????)

From: Patti Tessler, Family Nurse Practitioner (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 17 Feb 2001 19:23:17 -0600 (CST)

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At Sat, 17 Feb 2001, Dreamspinner3 wrote: >
>I just got a letter from my health insurance company saying they are
>removing the birth control pills I use, Genora 1/50, from their
>formulary list. They are replacing it with something called Modicon. I
>have never heard of this drug before. I am concerned because I have
>tried other kind of birth control pills over the years, and I find the
>best ones for me are at the 1/50 level. The brand doesn't matter to me
>so much, and I have used different brands of 1/50 level pills over the
>years. Other BC pills with lower hormone levels consistantly cause me
>problems with break through bleeding and I seem to get a lot more
>pimples on them too. Plus, I take this particular pill to control PCOS.
>I don't want to be forced to change to a medication that won't work for
>me. Anyone use this pill and if so, does it come in 1/50 dosage?

Modicon is 35, not 50, micrograms of estrogen. Your health care provider may try to discuss with your HMO the need for your particular brand of pill, as well as the need to keep some 50 microgram pill on their HMO formulary. Alternately, you could see how Modicon works for you. Good luck in fighting the good fight.

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Patti Tessler, BSN, MSN, RN, CS
Family Nurse Practitioner

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