Gedarel 30/150 microgram film-coated tab x3 x21 ethinylestradiol and desogestrel POM

GEDAREL® 30/150 microgram film-coated tablets ethinylestradiol and desogestrel

What Gedarel is and what it is used for

Gedarel is acombined oral contraceptive, also called the pill. It contains two types of female hormones: a progestogen, desogestrel, and an oestrogen, ethinylestradiol in a low dose. These help to stop you from getting pregnant, just as your natural hormones would stop you conceiving again when you are already pregnant. The COC pill protects you against getting pregnant in three ways. These hormones 1. stop the ovary from releasing an egg each month (ovulation). 2. 3. also thicken the fluid (at the neck of the womb making it more difficult for the sperm to reach the egg. alter the lining of the womb to make it less likely to accept a fertilised egg.