METHOD OF ORAL CONTRACEPTION IN WOMEN, METHOD OF MANAGING UNDESIRABLE BLEEDING AND INTENDED FOR USE IN THESE METHODS

摘要

The invention relates to methods for female oral contraception and management of unwanted bleeding during oral contraception in women, which include a monophasic long-term cyclic regimen of hormonal contraceptive use, used to control bleeding problems, as well as the corresponding pharmaceutical packaging. Moreover, the oral contraceptive includes 20 μg of ethinyl estradiol and 3 mg of drospirenone, and it is taken daily for the first period, which is 24 days, and then taking the indicated oral contraceptive daily for the second period, which is a maximum of 96 days, during which (a) said woman initiates a break, which is 3-6 days, at which oral contraceptive is not taken, or (b) if such a break is not initiated within the specified maximum of 96 days, said woman initiates a a break of 3-6 days at the end of a period of 96 days (1). After the specified interval, the reception of the indicated oral contraceptive is carried out with the reception / interval scheme in accordance with the above (1). Moreover, in these methods, the specified second period has a length of at least one day.