Yaz Plus 28 tablets

What drospirenone/ ethinylestradiol is used for:

• This medicine is a contraceptive pill and is used to prevent pregnancy.

Do not use drospirenone/ ethinylestradiol:

• If you have (or have ever had) a blood clot in a blood vessel of your leg (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;
• If you have (or have ever had) angina pectoris (a condition that causes severe chest pain and may be a first sign of a heart attack) or transient ischemic attack (TIA – temporary stroke symptoms);
• If you have any of the following diseases that may increase your risk of a clot in the arteries:
• Severe diabetes with blood vessel damage
• Very high blood pressure
• A very high level of fat in the blood (cholesterol or triglycerides)
• A condition known as hyperhomocysteinaemia
• If you have (or have ever had) a type of migraine called ‘migraine with aura’;
• If you have (or have ever had) liver disease and your liver function is still not normal
• If your kidneys are not working well (renal failure)
• If you have (or have ever had) had a tumor in the liver
• If you have (or have ever had) or if you are suspected of having breast cancer or cancer of the genital organs.
• If you have any unexplained bleeding from the vagina
• If you are allergic to ethinylestradiol or drospirenone, or any of the other ingredients of this medicine