Ovranette comes in strips of 21 pills, with the day of the week printed alongside each one. You should take the pills according to the correct day of the week.

If you start to take Ovranette on the first day of your period, you will get immediate protection from pregnancy.

If you start to take Ovranette on any other day of your period, you must use additional contraception, such as a condom, for the first 7 days, while the pill takes effect in the body.

Take 1 pill at the same time each day, until you have used up all 21 pills. Swallow each pill whole (with water, if you’d prefer), but don’t chew the pills.

Once you’ve used all 21 pills, take a 7-day, pill-free break.

A few days after taking the last pill from the strip, you should experience a withdrawal bleed. You may still be bleeding by the time you’re ready to start a new strip, but that’s okay. You should start your new strip whether or not you are still bleeding.

So long as you have taken your pills as instructed and taken them on time, you don’t need to use any extra contraception during the 7 pill-free days.

Provided that you’ve used Ovranette correctly, you’ll always start a new strip on the same day of the week.

Before you start taking Ovranette, you should always read the instructions in the patient information leaflet that comes with your treatment.

If it’s been less than 12 hours since you missed a pill, don’t worry. Take the pill you missed as soon as you can and any pills that follow as you normally would (even if it means taking two pills in one day). Your protection from pregnancy shouldn’t be affected.

In the event that more than 12 hours have passed since you missed a pill, or you have missed more than one pill, take the pill that you missed most recently immediately. Any earlier pills that you missed should remain in the strip. Take any subsequent pills as usual, even if you have to take two pills in one day. You will need to use additional contraception, such as condoms, for the next 7 days.

Then check how many pills are left in the strip (excluding the pill you missed most recently). What you do next depends on whether there are 7 or fewer pills remaining in the strip.

If there are 7 or more pills left in the strip, use extra contraception such as condoms for the next 7 days. Once you’ve finished the strip, take the 7-day pill free break as normal before starting the next strip.

If you missed one or more pills from the first week of your strip (days 1-7) and you had sex during that week, you may be pregnant. Our clinician can advise you as to the best course of action here if you send them a message via your EveAdam account. They may recommend that you use emergency contraception.

If there are less than 7 pills remaining in the strip, use additional contraception for the following 7 days. When you finish the strip, start a new strip the next day without taking a 7-day pill-free break. If you don’t get a withdrawal bleed after you’ve finished the second strip, you should take a pregnancy test before starting another strip. If you missed one or more pills during the first week of your strip (days 1-7) and you had sex during that week, you could be pregnant. Our prescriber can discuss what to do next with you if you contact them.

You can, but you should speak to our clinician before you do so, as Ovranette isn’t first and foremost prescribed for this.

To delay your period, rather than taking a 7-day break at the end of a strip, start the next strip immediately.

Headaches (including migraines), breakthrough bleeding and spotting are particularly common side effects with Ovranette. These symptoms will normally disappear after a few weeks, but if you find that your headaches are severe, feel unusual or are persistent, you should let a clinician know as soon as possible.

Stomach pain or cramps, dizziness and sore or tender breasts are other common side effects of the combined contraception pill, and if you find that these symptoms or any other symptoms persist or are making you uncomfortable, contact our clinician. They may suggest switching to an alternative pill.

Ovranette can help to improve acne for some women.^[1] Hormone levels are a common cause of acne, especially hormones known as ‘androgens’ (not to be confused with ‘androids’).

Combined contraceptive pills such as Ovranette can help to manage the amount of androgen in the body, and although the combined pill may not clear up your acne symptoms completely, you may see a difference within the first few months of taking it.

But as many as 1 in 10 women may also experience acne as a side effect of Ovranette, so it can work the other way too. If you think that Ovranette is triggering your acne symptoms, drop our prescriber a message. They may advise you to try a different pill.

Some women may notice an increase in the size of their breasts when they start to use the combined contraceptive pill due an upsurge in hormones, but this doesn’t usually last. It’s likely that you’ll find that your breasts return to their normal size after the first few weeks or months of taking the pill.

Like other combined contraception pills, Ovranette can cause mood swings to begin with. They should go away after the first few months, but if you find that they last longer, or are severe, let our clinician know. They can talk you through alternative pills which you may be better suited to.

Ovranette can cause you to put on a little weight at first, but this tends to be due to greater water retention in the body when you start taking the combined pill, and it should only persist for the first few months.

In most cases, weight gain isn’t triggered by the pill, but by other factors.^[2]

If you experience fluctuations in your weight whilst taking Ovranette, send a message to our prescriber. They may be able to help you.

Like Ovranette, Yasmin is a 21-day combined contraceptive pill that contains a type of oestrogen and a type of progesterone. But it contains a slightly different progestogen to Ovranette. It has a hormone called drospirenone in it, rather than levonorgestrel. Drospirenone is thought to be particularly effective at treating acne, so Yasmin may be a particularly suitable option for you if you experience this.

But Yasmin is less suitable than Ovranette for women who have a history of high blood pressure, or for women who have a family history of cardiovascular disease.

So which of the two is a better fit for you depends on your medical background and any health conditions you may experience.

It’s mega simple. With an EveAdam subscription, you can switch from one pill to another whenever you’d like to.

You just need to log into your account and send a message to our clinician. Taking any side effects and symptoms you may be getting into consideration, they can recommend alternative combined pills that you may be better suited to.