Country: Singapore
Language: English
Source: HSA (Health Sciences Authority)
ETHINYLESTRADIOL
BAYER (SOUTH EAST ASIA) PTE LTD
G03AA10
0.02 mg
TABLET, SUGAR COATED
ORAL
Prescription Only
DELPHARM LILLE S.A.S.
1998-07-02
Meliane PI_SG_CCDS 12_16 Sep 2014 READ CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS MEDICINE 1. NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT Meliane® 2. QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION 21 hormone-containing white coated tablets. Each coated tablet contains 0.02 mg ethinylestradiol, 0.075 mg gestodene 3. PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Coated tablet 4. CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 INDICATION Oral Contraception. 4.2 DOSAGE AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION 4.2.1 METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION_ _ Oral use 4.2.2 DOSAGE REGIMEN_ _ _How to take Meliane _ _ _ Combined oral contraceptives, when taken correctly, have a failure rate of approximately 1% per year. The failure rate may increase when pills are missed or taken incorrectly. Tablets must be taken in the order directed on the package every day at about the same time with some liquid as needed. One tablet is to be taken daily for 21 consecutive days. Each subsequent pack is started after a 7-day tablet-free interval, during which time a withdrawal bleed usually occurs. This usually starts on day 2-3 after the last tablet and may not have finished before the next pack is started. _How to start Meliane _ _ _ _• No preceding hormonal contraceptive use (in the past month) _ Tablet- taking has to start on day 1 of the woman’s natural cycle (i.e. the first day of her menstrual bleeding). Starting on days 2-5 is allowed, but during the first cycle a barrier method is recommended in addition for the first 7 days of tablet-taking. • _Changing from a combined hormonal contraceptive (combined oral contraceptive/ _ _COC), vaginal ring, or transdermal patch _ The woman should start with Meliane preferably on the day after the l Read the complete document