Ethinylestradiol
estrogen · hormonal contraception
Our referenceWhat this medicine is for
In pharmacological terms, Ethinylestradiol belongs to the “estrogen (hormonal contraception)” category. This hormone is part of hormonal contraception: taken every day, it prevents ovulation and makes the body unfavourable to pregnancy, reversibly.
Specifically, for Ethinylestradiol: Oestrogen, component of hormonal contraception. It is most often a maintenance treatment, taken at regular times over long periods; its benefit is judged over time, not by how you feel on the day.
Under which brands it is found
In France, about 67 reimbursable presentations containing Ethinylestradiol are recorded. It is found under several brand names and as generics.
- Adepal
- Belara
- Belaracontinu
- Carlin
- Daily
- Desobel
- Desogestrel/Ethinylestradiol Biogaran
- Desogestrel/Ethinylestradiol Biogarancontinu
- Jasminelle
- Jasminellecontinu
- Yaz
- and other presentations
Original brand-name products and generics deliver the same active substance; the choice between them is made with your doctor or pharmacist.
Our product for this treatment
You take Ethinylestradiol. For people who follow this type of treatment every day, we have designed a dedicated product.
Layer Add Contraception
B6, B9, B2, zinc and magnesium, at the doses that matter.
B6 12 mg · B9 400 µg · Zinc 10 mg · Magnesium 150 mg
One bottle, one dose per day. Reduced price from the second box, free delivery from two boxes.
Further reading
The literature on the nutrient
- Vitamin B6: a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023
- Folate, folic acid and 5-methyltetrahydrofolate are not the same thing
- Active Folate Versus Folic Acid: The Role of 5-MTHF (Methylfolate) in Human Health
- Role of zinc in health and disease
- Multiple impacts of zinc on immune function
These studies concern the nutrient itself, its role, its forms, its bioavailability. They do not concern this medicine and assert no link between it and a nutrient requirement.
Talk about it in the community
Others are on the same treatment and share their daily life: what they feel, their questions, the little routines they set up. You read lived experience here, not recommendations.
Related molecules
To explore in the « Hormones and contraception » family and its neighbours.
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