Pharmac is consulting on funding a new progestogen-only oral contraceptive pill called desogestrel (branded as Cerazette) ...

It’s a little pill with big responsibilities. But despite its primary role to prevent pregnancy, the contraceptive pill (or ...

These also include the pills of Emergency Contraceptive Pill (ECP ... (0.15 mg Ethinyloestradiol - 0.03 mg), Centchroman (30 mg), Desogestrel (0.15 mg Ethinyloestradiol - 0.03 mg), and ...

The estimated sizes of this association were even greater in other individual types of progestogens; most markedly, oral contraceptives containing desogestrel and cyproterone acetate were ...

Since the 1960s, the contraceptive pill has been hailed as the gateway to sexual liberation and female empowerment – and has prevented millions of unwanted pregnancies. But in the UK ...

Ahead of World Cancer Day, researchers have looked into the effects of taking ‘the pill’ on the risk of cancer in women. Taking the contraceptive pill could dramatically slash the risk of ...

Clinical trials demonstrate that greater numbers of women using contraceptive patches were able to correctly and consistently use their method compared with pill users. Side effects with the ...

A new study suggests that a pill used for emergency contraception could be repurposed at a higher dose as an abortion drug, providing a possible alternative to mifepristone, one of the two drugs used ...

The combined oral contraceptive pill, known informally as “the pill”, is a hormone-based medication designed to prevent pregnancy. It is taken orally, usually on a daily basis. The pill works ...

Emergency contraception, or the "morning-after pill", is something most women are aware of when it comes to preventing unwanted pregnancies. But it's also something people have a lot of questions ...

Pharmac is consulting on funding a new progestogen-only oral contraceptive pill called desogestrel (branded as Cerazette) from 1 April 2025. A range of oral contraceptive pills are currently ...