Twirla Patch
Generic name:ethinyl estradiol and levonorgestrel (transdermal) [ ETH-in-ill-ess-tra-DYE-ol-and-LEE-vo-nor-JESS-trel ]
Drug class:Contraceptives
What is Twirla?
Twirla patches contain a combination of two female hormones, ethinyl estradiol and levonorgestrel.
Twirla is a prescription medicine used as birth control to prevent pregnancy.
Twirla is for use by women with a BMI less than 30 kg/m2 who can become pregnant. Twirla patches have been shown to have reduced effectiveness in women with a BMI in the range 25 to 30 kg/m2.
Warnings
You should not use Twirla if you have: uncontrolled high blood pressure, heart disease, coronary artery disease, health problems caused by diabetes (such as damage to your kidneys, eyes, nerves, or blood vessels), undiagnosed vaginal bleeding, liver disease or liver cancer, severe migraine headaches, if you also take certain hepatitis C medication, if you will have major surgery, if you smoke and are over 35, or if you have ever had a heart attack, a stroke, a blood clot, jaundice caused by pregnancy or this medicine, or cancer of the breast, uterus/cervix, or vagina.
Using Twirla can increase your risk of blood clots, stroke, or heart attack (especially if you smoke). You should not use this medicine if you smoke and are over 35 years old.
Before taking this medicine
Using Twirla can increase your risk of blood clots, stroke, or heart attack. You are even more at risk if you have high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, or if you are overweight
Smoking can greatly increase your risk of blood clots, stroke, or heart attack. Your risk increases the older you are and the more you smoke. You should not use Twirla patches if you smoke and are over 35 years old.
Your risk of serious blood clot may be higher with the use of birth control skin patches than with the use of birth control pills.
You should not use Twirla if you have:
untreated or uncontrolled high blood pressure;
heart disease (chest pain, coronary artery disease, history of heart attack, stroke, or blood clot);
an increased risk of having blood clots due to a heart problem or a hereditary blood disorder;
diabetes (and you are over 35, have high blood pressure, have had diabetes longer than 20 years, or if diabetes has caused damage to your kidneys, eyes, nerves, or blood vessels);
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