Microgynon 30 is a combined oral contraceptive pill (‘the Pill’). You take it to stop you getting pregnant. This contraceptive contains two types of female sex hormones, oestrogen and progestogen.
These hormones stop you getting pregnant by working in three ways: by preventing an egg being released from your ovaries; by making the fluid (mucus) in your cervix thicker, which makes it
more difficult for sperm to enter the womb; and by preventing the lining of your womb thickening enough for an egg to grow in it. Microgynon 30 is a 21-day Pill – you take one each day for 21 days, followed by 7 days when you take no pills.
Dose
Take Microgynon 30 every day for 21 days. Microgynon 30 comes in strips of 21 pills, each marked with a day of the week.
▪ Take your pill at the same time every day.
▪ Start by taking a pill marked with the correct day of the week.
▪ Follow the direction of the arrows on the strip. Take one pill each day, until you have finished all 21 pills.
▪ Swallow each pill whole, with water if necessary. Do not chew the pill.
Precaution
Do not use Microgynon 30:
▪ If you have (or have ever had) a blood clot in a blood vessel of your legs (deep vein thrombosis, DVT), your lungs (pulmonary embolus, PE) or other organs.
▪ If you know you have a disorder affecting your blood clotting – for instance, protein C deficiency, protein S deficiency, antithrombin-III deficiency, Factor V Leiden or antiphospholipid antibodies.
▪ If you need an operation or if you are off your feet for a long time (see section ‘Blood clots’).
▪ If you have ever had a heart attack or stroke.
