Get Informed: Ortho

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Patient Comments about
Ortho

Active Ingredient(s)

Ortho

What does it do?

Ortho

This product is used primarily for oral contraception. It contains the progestin norethindrone and the estrogen ethinyl estradiol.

Last Text Update:
 2009-Nov-19 9:27 PM
Last Data Update:
 No data

Other Names

  • Ortho
  • Necon
  • Necon 1 / 35
  • Ovcon-35
  • Ortho 7-7-7
  • Ovcon
  • Norinyl
  • Ovcon-50
  • Ovcon-35 28
  • Zenchent
  • Modicon
  • Necon .5 / 35
  • TRI-Norinyl
  • Brevicon
  • Aranelle
  • Ortho-Novum 77
  • Leena-28
  • Ortho-Novum 10 / 11

How Safe Is It?

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Average Risk Rating
0: On hold
Pregnancy Category:
X

Black Box Warning

This product has a black box warning relating to the increased risk of cardiovascular events in women who also smoke.

Facts & Figures

Date Approved
08 Dec 1910
Est US Patients*
500,200
Generic Available
No
OTC Available
No

User Age Distribution*

15

< 21

58

21-39

26

40-59

1

60+

Age (Years)

* Estimated number of US people currently taking Ortho or its active ingredient based on population adjusted patient numbers registered with iGuard.org.

Other Resources

Recent alerts for Ortho

There have been no alerts regarding Ortho during the past year.

Ortho Safety Report

0: On hold

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Comments, Questions, and Answers
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Question/Comment:

I've been taking Necon now for 3 years and it has helped me have a lighter period and a normal one. I don't cramp as bad but I do think it has cause me to gain weight, I'm at the heaviest I've ever been, but it could be stress too, not sure.

21 year old Female

Posted: 2009-05-20 18:19:00

Question/Comment:

I been on Necon for the last 3 months due to I am having sexual problems meaing i can not have sex with out it hurting. I found the pills not helping at all. It is doing the opposite fro my periods the are not on time and they seem to be longer then they were before.

28 year old female

29 year old Female

Posted: 2009-03-23 21:07:17

Answer/Reply:

I have been on necon for about thirteen years, i love it. When i first started birth control i was informed there are some cases of gaining weight, i was 140 then and 110 now. I really believe it took off some of my weight and helped with keeping it off. My periods went from five days to three when i started necon.

28 year old Female

Posted: 2009-04-16 18:34:57

Answer/Reply:

Are you taking the Necon as prescribed? Are you missing doses? Check with you physician to see if going on continuous (no placebo week) birth control therapy might work for you. As a young lady, I had extremely painful, paralizing periods before going on birth control. The pills did make the period 100% better. As I aged a bit more, I needed continuous birth control therapy to control the paralizing pains I felt with out the pill. No, I am not exaggerating. I was on birth control for well over 30 years.Yes, I know. However, without it, I would have had a horrible quality of life. Good luck and take good care of yourself.

57 year old Female

Posted: 2009-07-03 02:29:39

Question/Comment:

I've been on Ovcon 50 for more than 11 years now. I still don't want children. I have a period every f..kin month without fail. I really want a operation to remove it all. I DON"T WANT IT anymore.

34 year old Female

Posted: 2009-03-18 13:40:37

Question/Comment:

I have been o necon for 11 years. It's been a great form of birth control and I don't flow nearly as heave as I us to, and my cramps aren't as bad ether.

31 year old Female

Posted: 2009-01-21 13:27:29

Question/Comment:

thanks for the gift card

36 year old Female

Posted: 2008-03-10 00:00:00

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