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A 28-year-old male asked:
Please describe the medication: yasmin (drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol)?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in

Dr. Michael Dansieanswered
Family Medicine 17 years experience
Contraception: Yasmin (drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol) is used as contraception to prevent pregnancy.
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Dr. David Doucetteanswered
Obstetrics and Gynecology 40 years experience
Birth control pill: Yasmin (drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol) is a combination birth control pill (oral contraceptive) that contains the ingredients ethinyl Estradiol as the estrogen component and drosperinone as the progestational component. It comes packaged in a 28 day pack where 21 tablets contain the active ingredients and 7 tablets are inert.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Please tell me what to substitute yasmin (drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol) pill with if i'm not meshing well with it?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A Verified Doctoranswered
Obstetrics & Gynecology 35 years experience
Talk to your GYN: You need to ask your GYN, as the medication has to be prescribed.
3.9k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
Last updated Sep 28, 2016
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