Color Photos of Combined and Progestin-Only Oral Contraceptives
The thirteen color pages of pills are organized as follows:
Color photos of pills from lowest to highest estrogen dose…………..A21-A33
- Progestin-only pills with no estrogen: Micronor and NOR-QD
- Lowest estrogen pills with 20 micrograms of the estrogen, ethinyl estradiol: Alesse, Levlite, LoEstrin 1/20, and Mircette
- All of the 25-, 30- and 35-microgram pills (all ethinyl estradiol)
- All of the phasic pills
- Highest estrogen pills, with 50 micrograms of estrogen (ethinyl estradiol OR mestranol). Mestranol is converted in the body to ethinyl estradiol; 50 mcg of mestranol is equivalent to 35 mcg of ethinyl estradiol
*Pills which are pharmacologically exactly the same are grouped within boxes. The color and packaging of pills dispensed in clinics may differ from pills in pharmacies.