Brand Loette

Brand Loette is used to prevent pregnancy. It contains 2 hormones, a progestin and an estrogen. These hormones prevent pregnancy by preventing the release of an egg (ovulation). They also change the womb and cervical mucus, making it more difficult for an egg to meet sperm (fertilization) or for the fertilized egg to attach to the wall of the womb (implantation). Besides preventing pregnancy, birth control pills have been shown to help make your periods more regular, decrease blood loss and painful periods (dysmenorrhea), and decrease your risk of ovarian cysts. Use of this medication does not protect you or your partner against sexually transmitted diseases (e.g., HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia).

Contraindications
Hypersensitivity to any of the components of Loette; current or history of deep vein thrombosis and thromboembolism; hepatic adenomas or carcinomas, active liver disease, as long as liver function has not returned to normal; known or suspected carcinoma of the breast or other known or suspected estrogen-dependent neoplasia; disorders of lipometabolism; thrombogenic rhythm disorders and thrombogenic valvulopathies; sickle-cell anemia; diabetes with vascular involvement; undiagnosed vaginal bleeding; known or suspected pregnancy; cerebrovascular or coronary artery disease; uncontrolled hypertension; hereditary or acquired thrombophilias; headache with focal neurological symptoms eg, aura; history of pancreatitis associated with severe hypertriglyceridemia.

Reasons for the Immediate Discontinuation of Loette: Occurrence for the first time of migrainous headaches or the more frequent occurrence of unusually severe headaches; acute disturbances of vision, hearing or speech; first symptoms of thrombophlebitis or thromboembolism (eg, unusual pain in or swelling of the legs, stabbing pain on breathing or coughing for no apparent reason); feeling of pain or tightness in the chest; 6 weeks before planned operations or during prolonged periods of immobilization; development of jaundice (cholestasis), hepatitis or generalized pruritus; increase in epileptic seizures; significant rise in blood pressure; onset of severe clinical depression; severe upper abdominal pain or liver enlargement.