Mercilon is one of the most popular and commonly used combination contraceptive pills around. This pill contains ethinylestradiol (artificial oestrogen) and desogestrel (artificial progestogen) as its active ingredients. This pill should be taken for 21 days out of 28 with a break of 7 days in between. During these 7 days, it is possible that you may experience some withdrawal bleeding. Being a combination pill, Mercilon can protect you against pregnancy in three ways.
Firstly, it prevents ovulation from occurring by tricking your body into believing that ovulation has already occurred, meaning an egg is then not produced. Secondly, it thickens the cervical mucus so that sperm is unable to enter the womb and it cannot fertilise an egg. Lastly, it alters the womb lining, so that even if an egg is produced or fertilized, it cannot attach and grow further.
Ovranette is another combination pills which is commonly used by women. Ovranette contains ethinylestradiol (artificial oestrogen) and levonorgestrel (artificial progestogen) as its active ingredients. You need to take this pill for 21 days followed by a break of 7 days. It is said to be most effective if you start taking the pill on the first day of your period.
Binovum is another combination pill which consists of ethinylestradiol (artificial oestrogen) and Norethisterone (artificial progestogen) as its active ingredients. It is a biphasic pill, which means that the dosage of progestogen in the pill changes throughout the monthly course. The dosage of oestrogen remains the same throughout.
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