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rendez

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Replacing Follimin 28 With Alesse 28? Possible?
Posted: 01-30-06 12:28pm

Dear sir/madam,

i have been using follimin 28 oral contraceptive pills for about a year. This contraceptive pills was prescribed by my physician in sweden. I will have to replace the birth control pills with the one sold in usa next month. do you know if alesse 28 or any other pills suitable for me? can I purchase them over the counter without prescription or online drugstore.Com?

Please help with the information. Thank you very much.

Ahsley

below is a brief information of both drugs:

follimin 28 from wyeth sweden
the active ingredients is
levonorgestrel
etinylestradiol
detail specs in swedish
info about follimin 28

alesse 28 from wyeth usa
21 pink active tablets each containing 0.10 mg of levonorgestrel, d(-)-13(beta)-ethyl-17(alpha)-ethinyl-17(b eta)-hydroxygon-4-en-3-one, a totally synthetic progestogen, and 0.02 mg of ethinyl estradiol, 17(alpha)-ethinyl-1,3,5(10)-estratriene-3, 17(beta)-diol.
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Posted: 01-30-06 14:13pm

I wanted to post that I believe that alesse would be an excellent pill to take. It is the very low dosage, and should treat you the same as your other pill. Are you moving to the us? Is that why you must change pills?
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Posted: 01-30-06 18:03pm

Oh yes, I have stayed in us for a few months, I will ran out of my pills by the end of this month.
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