As a “mini pill”, meaning that it only contains progestin (a synthetic form of progesterone), not a combination of progestin and estradiol (a synthetic form of estrogen), Opill has been shown ...

recorded by the NHS in 2020-21 could be explained by the progesterone-only pill (the "mini-pill") becoming available over the counter at pharmacies. But it's clear that growing numbers of women ...

The mini-pill, or progestogen -only pill, has no oestrogen and acts only on the cervix and womb lining. It doesn't normally prevent ovulation. I took the pill for a short while nearly 10 years ago ...

Luckily, the mini pill, which is progesterone only, works really well for me. So well, in fact, that I rarely get my period anymore, which is amazing and fabulous and means I can wear lots of ...

The other is the progestogen-only pill, or "mini-pill". Both work to prevent pregnancy in a handful of ways, including suppressing ovulation and thickening the cervical mucus to make it harder for ...

Nausea is a possibility but it is not a direct effect of stopping the pill,' details Dr Leonard. If you're wondering how coming off the mini pill differs from the combined pill, know that they do ...

Although the actual contents have now changed to just the progestogen part (as is found in the mini-pill), the result is the same, although it is more effective and side-effects are reduced.

It’s the third contraceptive pill the federal government has added to the PBS this year, after Yaz and Yasmine. But these two ...

they would not know as they would continue to get a withdrawal bleed on the combined oral contraceptive pill and in most cases women don’t get any bleeds on the mini pill. “Many people assume ...

Nausea is a possibility but it is not a direct effect of stopping the pill,' details Dr Leonard. If you're wondering how coming off the mini pill differs from the combined pill, know that they do ...