Yasmin Drug Uses
Yasmin is a birth control pill used to prevent pregnancy. It does not protect against HIV infection (AIDS) and other sexually transmitted diseases.
How Yasmin Drug Works
Take Yasmin with food or immediately after a meal to prevent stomach upset. Try to take Yasmin at the same time each day. This may help you to remember to take it. Learn proper use of your particular brand of medication. Follow your dosing schedule carefully. Be sure to ask your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions. Use a supplemental form of birth control during the first week of taking Yasmin since it takes a while to be effective. Follow your doctor's directions exactly if this drug is being used as a "morning after" pill.
How Yasmin Taken
Follow the directions for using Yasmin provided by your doctor. THIS MEDICINE COMES with a patient information leaflet. Read it carefully. Ask your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist any questions that you may have before using Yasmin. TRY TO TAKE THIS MEDICINE at the same time every day, not more than 24 hours apart. If you have any questions, contact your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist.
Possible Yasmin Side Effects
The most commons side effects are:
Headache
Menstrual changes
Breast tenderness
Abdominal cramps and bloating
Nausea
Vaginal discharge
For more detailed information about Yasmin, ask your health care provider.
Yasmin Warnings/Precautions
For the majority of women, Yasmin can be taken safely. But some women are at high risk of developing certain serious diseases that can be life threatening or may cause temporary or permanent disability or death. The risks associated with taking Yasmin increase significantly if you:
- Smoke
- Have high blood pressure, diabetes, or high cholesterol
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Have or have had clotting disorders, heart attack, stroke, chest pain (angina pectoris), and cancer of the breast or reproductive organs, jaundice, or malignant or benign liver tumors.
Yasmin Overdose
If overdose is suspected, contact your local poison control center or emergency room immediately. Symptoms of overdose may include nausea and vomiting. Females may experience vaginal bleeding.
Yasmin Drug Interactions
Antibiotics or medicines for infections, especially rifampin, rifabutin, rifapentine, and griseofulvin; aprepitant, a medicine used for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting; barbiturate medicines for producing sleep or treating seizures (convulsions); bosentan; carbamazepine; caffeine; clofibrate; cyclosporine; dantrolene; grapefruit juice; hydrocortisone; medicines for anxiety or sleeping problems, such as temazepam; medicines for mental depression; medicines for diabetes, including troglitazone and pioglitazone; mineral oil; modafinil; mycophenolate; nefazodone; oxcarbazepine; phenytoin; prednisolone; ritonavir or other medicines for the treatment of the HIV virus or AIDS; selegiline; soy isoflavones supplements; St. John's wort; tamoxifen or raloxifene; theophylline; topiramate; warfarin.
Tell your prescriber or health care professional about all other medicines you are taking, including non-prescription medicines, nutritional supplements, or herbal products. Also tell your prescriber or health care professional if you are a frequent user of drinks with caffeine or alcohol, if you smoke, or if you use illegal drugs. These may affect the way your medicine works. Check before stopping or starting any of your medicines.
Yasmin Missed Dose
If you miss 1 pink active pill then take it as soon as you remember. Take the next pill at your regular time. This means you may have to take 2 pills in one day.
If you miss 2 pink active pills in a row then take 2 pills on the day you remember, and 2 pills the next day. Then take 1 pill a day until you finish the pack. You could become pregnant if you have sex in the 7 days after you restart your pills so you must another birth control method (such as condoms) as a back-up on the 7 days after you restart your pills.
If you miss 3 or more pink active pills in a row then do not remove the missed pills from the pack as they will not be taken. Keep taking 1 pill every day as indicated on the pack until you have completed all of the remaining pills in the pack. You may experience bleeding during the week following the missed pills. You could become pregnant if you have sex during the days of missed pills or during the first 7 days after restarting your pills, so you must another birth control method (such as condoms or spermicide) as a back-up when you miss pills and for the first 7 days after you restart your pills. If you miss your period when you are taking the white pills, call your healthcare provider because you may be pregnant
Yasmin Storage
Keep out of the reach of children.
Store at room temperature between 15 and 30 degrees C (59 and 86 degrees F). Keep container tightly closed. Throw away any unused medicine after the expiration date.
Yasmin More Information
The following information is intended to supplement, not substitute for, the expertise and judgment of your physician, pharmacist or other healthcare professional. It should not be construed to indicate that use of the drug is safe, appropriate, or effective for you. Consult your healthcare professional before using this drug.
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