Tarina Fe 1/20

Generic name:norethindrone acetate and ethinyl estradiol and ferrous fumarate
Dosage form: tablets
Drug class:Contraceptives

Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Feb 1, 2021.

Tarina Fe 1/20 EQ®
(norethindrone acetate and ethinyl estradiol tablets USP and ferrous fumarate tablets)
Rx only

Patients should be counseled that this product does not protect against HIV infection (AIDS) and other sexually transmitted diseases.

Tarina Fe 1/20 Description

Tarina Fe 1/20 EQ is progestogen-estrogen combination.

Tarina Fe 1/20 EQ: Each provides a continuous dosage regimen consisting of 21 oral contraceptive tablets and seven ferrous fumarate tablets. The ferrous fumarate tablets are present to facilitate ease of drug administration via a 28-day regimen, are non-hormonal, and do not serve any therapeutic purpose.

Each light yellow to yellow tablet contains norethindrone acetate USP (17 alpha-ethinyl-19-nortestosterone acetate), 1 mg; ethinyl estradiol USP (17 alpha-ethinyl-1,3,5(10)-estratriene-3, 17 beta-diol), 20 mcg. Each light yellow to yellow tablet contains the following inactive ingredients: compressible sugar, croscarmellose sodium, D&C yellow No.10 aluminum lake, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, povidone, and vitamin E.

Each brown placebo tablet contains the following ingredients: croscarmellose sodium, ferrous fumarate, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, Nat spearmint FL, povidone and sucralose. The ferrous fumarate tablets do not serve any therapeutic purpose.

The structural formulas are as follows:

USP Dissolution test is pending

Tarina Fe 1/20 - Clinical Pharmacology

Combination oral contraceptives act by suppression of gonadotropins. Although the primary mechanism of this action is inhibition of ovulation, other alterations include changes in the cer