Medication 'Mersilon'. Instructions for use

Medication "Mersilon", whose composition includes ethinyl estradiol and desogestrel, is a contraceptive agent with estrogen-progestogenic effect. The drug inhibits the production of gonadotropins by the pituitary gland.

Medication "Mersilon" is a monophasic combined hormone-containing agent. The mechanism of action of the drug is due to the suppression of the development of the follicle and the violation of the ovulatory process. The increase in contraceptive effect is due to the change in cervical mucus. As a result, penetration of spermatozoa into the uterine cavity is impeded.

When taking the drug, there are changes in the endometrium that prevent the egg cell from securing.

Medication "Mersilon" instructions for use recommends use to prevent unwanted pregnancy.

The drug provokes regular cyclic bleeding, in duration and volume resembling menstruation in the norm. They begin, as a rule, after one or two days after the cancellation.

The "Mersilon" medication is not recommended for thromboembolic processes, thrombophlebitis (in the history of the disease), severe hypertension, estrogen-dependent tumors and if it is suspected of developing it, with endometrial hyperplasia. The drug is not prescribed for disorders of liver function, jaundice, vaginal bleeding of an unexplained nature, pregnancy, severe itching. To the contraindications to the use of the drug "Mersilon" instructions for use include herpes, hyperlipoproteinemia, porphyria.

The medication is not recommended for breastfeeding (after childbirth for the first six to eight weeks).

The medication is not prescribed to smoking patients over the age of thirty-five.

Taking the drug may cause some side effects. These include thrombosis, discomfort in the cornea with contact lenses, frequent mood swings, migraines, headaches. The medicine can provoke soreness, enlargement, engorgement of the mammary glands, cholestatic jaundice, cholelithiasis, vomiting or nausea, increased pressure. To side effects of the drug "Mersilon" instructions for use include increased manifestations of endometriosis, an increase in the size of uterine fibroids, changes in cervical mucus, amenorrhea (after discontinuation), intermenstrual secretions. The medicine can provoke a rash, nodular erythema, a decrease in glucose tolerance, fluid retention in the body, chloasma, weight change.

The drug "Mersilon" instruction recommends taking inside daily. You should start on the first day of the menstruation cycle. The drug is taken for three weeks without interruption. It is advisable to choose one time of reception. After three weeks, take a break for a week.

special instructions

With the development of thromboembolic complications or disorders of the liver, the medication "Mersilon" should be stopped.

Caution should be shown when prescribing the medicine to women who smoke, in the postoperative period, with varicose veins of pronounced nature, cardiac and renal insufficiency. It is necessary to systematically monitor the condition of patients with migraine, epilepsy, hypertension, sickle cell anemia.

If there is a violation of the regularity of reception, the development of digestive disorders (diarrhea, vomiting within the first four hours after taking), it is necessary to consult a specialist.

Patients who are predisposed to chloasma (limited hyperpigmentation of the skin) should avoid direct exposure to sunlight.

Before using the medication, you need to visit a doctor.