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ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN ®Tablets
ORTHO-CYCLEN ®Tablets
(norgestimate/ethinyl estradiol)
Prescribing Information Patients should be counseled
that this product does not protect against HIV infection (AIDS) and other
sexually transmitted diseases. |
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Each of the following products is a combination oral contraceptive
containing the progestational compound norgestimate and the estrogenic
compound ethinyl estradiol. |
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ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN Ò
21 Tablets and ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN
Ò 28 Tablets. Each
white tablet contains 0.180 mg of the progestational compound, norgestimate
(18,19-Dinor-17-pregn-4- en-20-yn-3-one,17-( acetyloxy)-13-ethyl-, oxime,(17a)-(+)-)
and 0.035 mg of the estrogenic compound, ethinyl estradiol (19-nor-17a-pregna,
1,3,5( 10)-trien-20-yne-3,17-diol). Inactive ingredients include lactose,
magnesium stearate, and pregelatinized starch. |
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Each light blue tablet contains 0.215 mg of the
progestational compound norgestimate (18,19-Dinor-17-pregn-4-
en-20-yn-3-one, 17-( acetyloxy)-13-ethyl-, oxime,( 17a)-(+)-)
and 0.035 mg of the estrogenic compound, ethinyl estradiol (19-nor-17a-pregna,
1,3,5 (10)-trien-20-yne-3,17-diol). Inactive ingredients include FD&C Blue
No.2 Aluminum Lake, lactose, magnesium stearate, and pregelatinized starch. |
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Each blue tablet contains 0.250 mg of the progestational compound
norgestimate (18,19-Dinor-17-pregn-4- en-20-yn-3-one,
17-(acetyloxy)-13-ethyl-, oxime,( 17a)-(+)-)
and 0.035 mg of the estrogenic compound, ethinyl estradiol (19-nor-17a-pregna,
1,3,5 (10)-trien-20-yne-3,17-diol). Inactive ingredients include FD&C Blue
No.2 Aluminum Lake, lactose, magnesium stearate, and pregelatinized starch. |
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Each green tablet in the ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN Ò
28 package contains only inert ingredients, as
follows: D&C Yellow No.10 Aluminum Lake, FD&C Blue No.2 Aluminum Lake,
lactose, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose and pregelatinized
starch. |
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ORTHO-CYCLEN Ò 21
Tablets and ORTHO-CYCLEN Ò
28 Tablets. Each blue tablet contains 0.250 mg of the progestational
compound, norgestimate (18,19-Dinor-17-pregn-4-
en-20-yn-3-one,17-(acetyloxy)-13-ethyl-,oxime,(17a)-(+)-)
and 0.035 mg of the estrogenic compound, ethinyl estradiol (19-nor-17a-pregna,1,3,5(10)-trien-20-yne-3,17-diol).
Inactive ingredients include FD&C Blue No.2 Aluminum Lake, lactose,
magnesium stearate, and pregelatinized starch. |
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Each green tablet in the ORTHO-CYCLEN Ò
28 package contains only inert ingredients, as follows: D&C Yellow No.10
Aluminum Lake, FD&C Blue No.2 Aluminum Lake, lactose, magnesium stearate,
microcrystalline cellulose and pregelatinized starch. |
