CHC active ingredients comparisons

Compare CHC active ingredients
Product oestrogen progestogen Over 40s*
Brevinor ethinylestradiol 35mcg norethisterone 500mcg
Cilique ethinylestradiol 35mcg norgestimate 250mcg
Lizinna
Cilest
Eloine ethinylestradiol 20mcg drospirenone 3mg
Femodene ethinylestradiol 30mcg gestodene 75mcg
Femodene ED
Katya
Millinette 30/75
Femodette ethinylestradiol 20mcg gestodene 75mcg
Sunya 20/75
Millinette 20/75
Marvelon ethinylestradiol 30mcg desogestrel 150mcg
Gedarel 30/150
Microgynon 30 ethinylestradiol 30mcg levonorgestrel 150mcg Yes
Microgynon 30 ED
Levest
Ovranette
Rigevidon
Logynon ethinylestradiol 30mcg levonorgestrel 50mcg x6 days, 75mcg x5 days, 100mcg x10 days Yes
Logynon
Triregol
Yasmin ethinylestradiol 30mcg drospirenone 3mg
Lucette
Yacella
Yiznell
Mercilon ethinylestradiol 20mcg desogestrel 150mcg
Gedarel 20/150
Norimin ethinylestradiol 35mcg norethisterone 1mg
Norinyl-1 mestranol 50mcg norethisterone 1mg
Qlaira estradiol valerate 2mg dionogest 2mg x 15 days, 3mg x 51 days
Synphase ethinylestradiol 35mcg norethisterone 500mcg x 12 days, 1mg x 9 days
Zoely estradiol 1.5mg nomogestrol 2.5mg
Evra (patch) ethinylestradiol 33.9mcg/24hr norelgestromin 203mcg/24hr
Nuvaring ethinylestradiol 2.7mg etonogestrel 11.7mg

*FSRH guidance: women aged over 40 sometimes benefit from taking lower risk low oestrogen 2nd generation pills which better suit the thrombosis risks that change with age.