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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Once a day for 84 days, and a white tablet once a day for 7 days. If the patient does not immediately start her next pill pack, instruct her to protect herself from pregnancy by using a non-hormonal back-up method of contraception until she has taken a pink tablet daily for 7 consecutive days. Tablet Color: SEASONALE active tablets are pink (Day 1 to Day 84). SEASONALE inactive tablets are white (Day 85 to Day 91). Switching from another contraceptive method to SEASONALE Start SEASONALE: Another oral contraceptive On the day when the new pack of the previous COC would have been started Transdermal patch On the day when the next application would have been scheduled. Vaginal ring On the day when the next insertion would have been scheduled. Injection On the day when the next injection would have been scheduled. Intrauterine contraceptive (IUD) On the day of removal. If the IUD is not removed on first day of the patient’s menstrual cycle, additional non-hormonal contraception (such as condoms or spermicide) is needed for the first seven days of the first 91-day course. Implant On the day of removal. Starting SEASONALE After Abortion Or MiscarriageFirst-trimester After a first-trimester abortion or miscarriage, SEASONALE may be started immediately. An additional method of contraception is not needed if SEASONALE is started immediately. If SEASONALE is not started within 5 days after termination of the pregnancy, the patient should use additional non-hormonal contraception (such as condoms or spermicide) for the first seven days of her first 91-day course of SEASONALE.Second-trimester Do not start SEASONALE until 4 weeks after a second-trimester abortion or miscarriage, due to the increased risk of thromboembolic disease. Start SEASONALE following the instructions in Table 1 for Sunday start. Use additional non-hormonal contraception (such as condoms or spermicide) for the first seven days of the patient’s first 91-day course of SEASONALE [see CONTRAINDICATIONS, WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS].Starting SEASONALE After Childbirth Do not start SEASONALE until 4 weeks after delivery, due to the increased risk of thromboembolic disease. Start contraceptive therapy with SEASONALE following the instructions in Table 1 for women not currently using hormonal contraception. SEASONALE is not recommended for use in lactating women [see Use In Specific Populations]. If the woman has not yet had a period postpartum, consider the possibility of ovulation and conception occurring prior to use of SEASONALE [see CONTRAINDICATIONS, WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS, Use In Specific Populations].Dosing SEASONALEInstruct patients to take one tablet by mouth at the same time every day. The dosing of SEASONALE is one pink pill containing levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol daily for 84 consecutive days, followed by one white pill (inactive pills without hormone) for 7 days. To achieve maximum contraceptive effectiveness, SEASONALE must be taken exactly as directed, in the order directed on the Tablet Dispenser, and at intervals not exceeding 24 hours. Start taking the first pink pill from a new Tablet Dispenser the very next day after taking the last white inactive pill in the Tablet Dispenser. The failure rate may
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