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Re: birth control pills
From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 5 Apr 2003 17:41:33 -0600 (CST)
Bonnie
sounds like nordette with iron supplements in the placebo pills.
At Sat, 5 Apr 2003, Bonnie wrote:
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>I was prescibed Nordette 28 by my local physician. After losing my
>prescription coverage, I ordered Nordette 28 through an online pharmacy.
>When I received the ordered medication in the mail, the pills looked
>completely different. The Nordette 28 I had been taking had 3 weeks of
>pink active pills and one week of inactive light orange pills. The
>medication I received through the mail was manufactured by Wyeth in
>Ireland, and instead has 3 weeks of a light yellow pill and one week of
>light brown pills. Could there be a difference in the pills other than
>where it was manufactured? The pills manufactures in Ireland say the 21
>yellow tablets include .15mg of levonorgestrel USP and .03mg of ethinyl
>estradiol USP, the 7 brown tablets include 75mg of ferrous fumarate USP.
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
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>Bonnie S.
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William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
Chairman, Editorial Advisory Board
Pregnancy and Birth Section
Private Practice
New Orleans, La.
*Please understand I can not respond to private emails.
*These comments are for educational purposes only. They are
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health care provider. They are not intended to be the start
of a physician-patient relationship.
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