Each strip of Cerazette contains 28 tablets – 4 weeks supply.
•Take your tablet each day at about the same time. Swallow the tablet whole, with water. •Arrows are printed on the front of the strip, between the tablets. The days of the week are printed on the back of the strip. Each day corresponds with one tablet. •Every time you start a new strip of Cerazette, take a tablet from the top row. Don’t start with just any tablet. For example if you start on a Wednesday, you must take the tablet from the top row marked (on the back) with WED. •Continue to take one tablet every day until the pack is empty, always following the direction indicated by the arrows. By looking at the back of your pack you can easily check if you have already taken your tablet on a particular day. •You may have some vaginal bleeding during the use of Cerazette, but you must continue to take your tablets as normal. •When a strip is empty, you must start with a new strip of Cerazette on the next day -without interruption and without waiting for a bleed.
Precautions
Do not take Cerazette: •if you are allergic to desogestrel, or any of the other ingredients of Cerazette. •if you have a thrombosis. Thrombosis is the formation of a blood clot in a blood vessel [e.g. of the legs (deep venous thrombosis) or the lungs (pulmonary embolism)]. •if you have or have had jaundice (yellowing of the skin) or severe liver disease and your liver is still not working normally. •if you have or if you are suspected of having a cancer that grows under the influence of sex-steroids, such as certain types of breast cancer. •if you have any unexplained vaginal bleeding.