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Article: New Low-Dose Birth Control Pill, ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN(R) LO Now Available By Prescription; -- ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN LO Offers Women a New Degree of Choice In Oral Contraceptives --.
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- PR Newswire
- Article date:
- October 14, 2002
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RARITAN, N.J. -- ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN(R) LO (norgestimate/ethinyl estradiol) Tablets, the new low-dose version of the most prescribed birth control pill, is now available by prescription. Recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN LO contains a combination of hormones -- 25 micrograms (mcg) of estrogen and the progestin, norgestimate -- that offers excellent efficacy, tolerability and cycle control. Like other oral contraceptives, ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN LO is highly effective when taken correctly.
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