Helpful tips for taking LYBREL®

It's important to take LYBREL at the same time every day so it will work effectively. Here are some tips for remembering to make taking LYBREL part of your daily routine:

  • Keep your ClickCase™ in your purse, in the medicine cabinet, next to your vitamins, or on the nightstand...someplace where you will be reminded to take your pill daily.
  • Take LYBREL in connection with another daily activity, such as drinking your morning coffee, eating your breakfast, or brushing your teeth. This will help you get in the habit of taking LYBREL at the same time every day and reduce the likelihood of forgetting to take it.
  • When traveling on commercial airlines, keep your ClickCase in your carry-on bags — not your checked luggage. That way, if your checked luggage is lost for an extended amount of time, you’ll have your pills with you.
  • Discuss your daily routine with your health care professional and seek advice about when to take LYBREL based on your unique schedule.
  • Plan ahead for refilling your LYBREL prescription so you won’t miss a pill.
  • Be sure you have an extra full pill pack ready at all times. This way you can continue taking your pill each day, without interruption.
  • Keep taking your pill even if you are experiencing breakthrough bleeding; your body may still be adjusting to LYBREL. Remember, even when your body is adjusting to LYBREL, the pill is working to provide you with highly effective birth control.
  • Make sure you always have some kind of nonhormonal birth control (such as condoms and/or spermicide) available to use as a backup in case you miss pills.
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Important Safety Information

  • The Pill does not protect against HIV or other sexually transmitted diseases.

  • Unscheduled bleeding or spotting is likely to occur while you are taking LYBREL. The convenience of having no regular menstrual periods should be weighed against the inconvenience of unscheduled or unplanned breakthrough bleeding and spotting.

  • Some women should not use the Pill, including women who have blood clots; breast, uterine, or liver cancers; a history of heart attack, stroke, or breast cancer; as well as those who are or may be pregnant.

  • Serious risks associated with the Pill which can be life threatening, include blood clots, stroke, and heart attacks and are increased if you smoke cigarettes.

Cigarette smoking increases the risk of serious adverse effects on the heart and blood vessels from oral contraceptive use, especially if you are over 35. Women who use the Pill are strongly advised not to smoke.

  • LYBREL provides women with more hormonal exposure on a yearly basis (13 additional weeks of hormone intake per year) than conventional cyclic oral contraceptives containing the same strength of synthetic estrogens and similar strength of progestins.

  • Because regular monthly bleeding does not occur on LYBREL, it may be difficult to recognize if you get pregnant. If you suspect that you may be pregnant, or if you have symptoms of pregnancy such as nausea/vomiting or unusual breast tenderness, you should have a pregnancy test and you should contact your health care professional.

  • The most common side effects reported with LYBREL in a clinical trial were headache, menstrual cramps, upper respiratory infection, vaginal bleeding, and nausea.