Alyacen 1/35 (Nortrel)

Alternate Name: Afirmelle

Dosage Form: Disp Pack

Administration Route: By mouth

Drug Class: Triphasic Contraceptive Combination, Antineoplastic Agent, Biphasic Contraceptive Combination, Contraceptive, Contraceptive, Progestin, Contraceptive Combination, Endocrine-Metabolic Agent, Estrogen/Progestin Combination, Hormonal Contraceptive, Monophasic Contraceptive Combination, Musculoskeletal Agent, Nutritive Agent

Generic Available: No

Strength: 1-35 MG-MCG

Warnings: Although you are using this medicine to prevent pregnancy, you should know that using this medicine while you are pregnant could harm the unborn baby. If you think you have become pregnant while using the medicine, tell your doctor right away. Use a different kind of birth control during the first 3 weeks of oral contraceptive use to make sure you are protected from pregnancy. Make sure your doctor knows if you are breastfeeding, or if you have lupus, edema (fluid retention), seizure disorder, asthma, migraine headaches, or a history of depression. Tell your doctor if have breast lumps, high cholesterol, gallbladder disease, liver disease, kidney disease, or irregular monthly periods. This medicine will not protect you from getting HIV/AIDS or other sexually transmitted diseases. If this is a concern for you, talk with your doctor. If you smoke while using birth control pills, you increase your risk of having a heart attack, stroke, or blood clot. Your risk is even higher if you are over age 35, if you have diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or if you are overweight. Talk with your doctor about ways to stop smoking. Keep your diabetes under control. Ask your doctor about diet and exercise to control your weight and blood cholesterol level. Tell any doctor or dentist who treats you that you are using this medicine. You may need to stop using this medicine several days before you have surgery or medical tests. Check with your eye doctor if you wear contact lenses and you have vision problems or eye discomfort. You should see your doctor on a regular basis (every 6 months or 1 year) while taking birth control pills. If you miss two periods in a row, call your doctor for a pregnancy test before you take any more pills. It is best to wait 2 or 3 months after stopping birth control pills before you try to get pregnant. Swelling in your hands, ankles, or feet. Yellowing of your skin or the whites of your eyes.

Food Warnings: Make sure your doctor knows if you are using antibiotics (such as ampicillin, rifampin, tetracycline, Omnipen®, Rimactane®) or antifungals (such as griseofulvin, Grifulvin V®), medicine for seizures (such as phenobarbital, phenylbutazone, phenytoin, carbamazepine, felbamate, oxcarbazepine, topiramate, primidone, Luminal®, Dilantin®, Tegretol®, Felbatol®, Trileptal®, Topamax®, Mysoline®), modafinil (Provigil®), or medicine to treat HIV or AIDS (such as ritonavir, Norvir®)., Tell your doctor if you are also using St. John's Wort, atorvastatin (Lipitor®), vitamin C (ascorbic acid), acetaminophen (Tylenol®), itraconazole (Sporanox®), ketoconazole (Nizoral®), cyclosporine (Gengraf®, Neoral®, Sandimmune®), prednisolone (Delta Cortef®, Prelone®), theophylline (Theo-Dur®, Slo-Phyllin®, Gyrocaps®), temazepam (Restoril®), morphine (Astramorph PF®, Duramorph®, Avinza®, MS Contin®, Roxanol®), or salicylic acid., Make sure your doctor knows if you are breastfeeding, or if you have lupus, edema (fluid retention), seizure disorder, asthma, migraine headaches, or a history of depression. Tell your doctor if have breast lumps, high cholesterol, gallbladder disease, liver disease, kidney disease, or irregular monthly periods., This medicine will not protect you from getting HIV/AIDS or other sexually transmitted diseases. If this is a concern for you, talk with your doctor., If you smoke while using birth control pills, you increase your risk of having a heart attack, stroke, or blood clot. Your risk is even higher if you are over age 35, if you have diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or if you are overweight. Talk with your doctor about ways to stop smoking. Keep your diabetes under control. Ask your doctor about diet and exercise to control your weight and blood cholesterol level., Tell any doctor or dentist who treats you that you are using this medicine. You may need to stop using this medicine several days before you have surgery or medical tests., Check with your eye doctor if you wear contact lenses and you have vision problems or eye discomfort., You should see your doctor on a regular basis (every 6 months or 1 year) while taking birth control pills., If you miss two periods in a row, call your doctor for a pregnancy test before you take any more pills., It is best to wait 2 or 3 months after stopping birth control pills before you try to get pregnant.