Cerelle Tablets

If you buy Cerelle you should take one tablet each day and should take a pill whole with water at the same time each day.

The Cerelle packet is marked with the day of the week, you should follow the arrow until the strip is empty (28 days). Following this, you should start a new pack the next day. Every time you start a new strip of Cerelle take a tablet from the top row. Don’t start with just any tablet. For example, if you start on a Wednesday, you should take the tablet from the top row marked Wed. You should continue to take one tablet a day, until the strip is empty, always following the direction indicated by the arrows. By looking at the back of the strip of tablets you can easily check if you have already taken your tablet on a particular day. You may have some bleeding during the use of Cerelle, but you must continue to take your tablet as normal. When a strip is empty, you must start with a new pack of Cerelle on the next day without interruption and without waiting for bleeding.

If you buy Cerelle you should take one tablet each day and should take a pill whole with water at the same time each day.

The Cerelle packet is marked with the day of the week, you should follow the arrow until the strip is empty (28 days). Following this, you should start a new pack the next day.

Every time you start a new strip of Cerelle take a tablet from the top row. Don’t start with just any tablet. For example, if you start on a Wednesday, you should take the tablet from the top row marked Wed. You should continue to take one tablet a day, until the strip is empty, always following the direction indicated by the arrows. By looking at the back of the strip of tablets you can easily check if you have already taken your tablet on a particular day.

You may have some bleeding during the use of Cerelle, but you must continue to take your tablet as normal. When a strip is empty, you must start with a new pack of Cerelle on the next day without interruption and without waiting for bleeding.

Contraception is a great way for women to manage their periods and prevent pregnancy. If you buy Cerelle online or from your local GP it can also stop a period in some women which can be an added benefit. Cerelle and other contraception can also be a good way to reduce acne, control hormones and help treat endometriosis.

If you would like to find out more about the different types of contraception check our handy A-Z list of contraception. Alternatively, you can use the NHS contraception guide to better inform your decisions regarding contraception.

A common question is what do I do if I miss/forget to take the pill:

If you are less than 12 hours late

Take the tablet as soon as you remember, and take the next one at the usual time. The contraceptive action of Cerelle is
maintained.

If you are more than 12 hours late

If you are more than 12 hours late in taking any tablet, you may not be completely protected against pregnancy. The more consecutive tablets you have missed, the higher the risk that you might fall pregnant. Take a tablet as soon as you remember, and take the next one at the usual time. This may mean taking two tablets on the same day.

This is not harmful. (If you have forgotten more than one tablet you don’t need to take the earlier missed ones). You
are not protected against pregnancy. Continue to take your tablets as usual, but you must also use an extra method, such as a condom for the next 7 days.

If you are more than 12 hours late taking your tablet and have had sex it is safe to use emergency contraception.

If are not using another form of contraception wait for your period to begin. On the first day of your period take the first Cerelle tablet. You need not take extra contraceptive precautions. You may also start on days 2-5 of your cycle, but in that case, make sure you also use an additional contraceptive method (barrier method) for the first 7 days of tablet-taking.

If you are switching from another form of contraception you can start taking Cerelle on the day after you take the last tablet from the present Pill pack, or on the day of removal of your vaginal ring or patch (this means no tablet-, ring- or patch-free break). If your present Pill pack also contains inactive tablets you can start Cerelle on the day after taking the last active tablet.

As with any form of medication, when you buy Cerelle online, or get prescriptions from your local GP, the pill may have side effects. For a full list of side effects before you buy Cerelle online, please read the Patient Information Leaflet for Cerelle.

Below are a few of the common side effects of taking Cerelle:

• Mood swings
• Decreased sexual drive
• Depression (you can find out more in our article about the pill and depression)
• Headache
• Nausea
• Acne
• Breast pain
• Irregular/no menstruation
• Increased body weight

Contact your doctor as soon as possible if:

• you have severe pain or swelling in either of your legs, unexplained pains in the chest, breathlessness, an unusual cough, especially when you cough up blood
• you have a sudden, severe stomach ache or jaundice
• you feel a lump in your breast
• you have sudden or severe pain in the lower abdomen or stomach area (possibly indicating an ectopic pregnancy, this is a pregnancy outside the womb)
• you are to be immobilised or are to have surgery (consult your doctor at least four weeks in advance);
• you have unusual, heavy vaginal bleeding
• you suspect that you are pregnant.

Side effects of Cerelle can lessen after a few months, but if you are finding that Cerelle is not working for you remember there are plenty of other options of contraception.

If you buy Cerelle there is no interaction between the medication and alcohol.

There is no interaction between food products and Cerelle.

Patients with lactose intolerance should be aware that Cerelle tablet also contains 52.34 mg lactose (as lactose monohydrate). If you have been told by your doctor that you have an intolerance to some sugars, contact your doctor before taking this medicinal product.

DO NOT take Cerelle if you are taking medication for:

• epilepsy (e.g. primidone, phenytoin, carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, felbamate, topiramate and phenobarbital)
• tuberculosis (e.g. rifampicin, rifabutin)
• HIV infections (e.g. ritonavir, nelfinavir, nevirapine, efavirenz)
• Hepatitis C virus infection (e.g. boceprevir, telaprevir)
• depressive moods (the herbal remedy St. Johns Wort)
• certain bacterial infections (e.g. clarithromycin, erythromycin)
• fungal infections (e.g. ketoconazole, itraconazole, fluconazole)
• high blood pressure (hypertension), angina or certain heart rhythm disorders (e.g. diltiazem)

If you are taking medicines or herbal products that might make Cerelle less effective, a barrier contraceptive method should also be used. Since the effect of another medicine on Cerelle may last up to 28 days after stopping the medicine, it is necessary to use the additional barrier contraceptive method for that long. Your doctor can tell you if you need to take additional contraceptive precautions and if so, for how long. Cerelle may also interfere with how other medicines work, causing either an increase in effect (e.g. medicines containing ciclosporin) or a decrease in effect (e.g. lamotrigine).

Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking any medicine.

You should not take Cerelle if:

• You are allergic to any of the ingredients
• You have thrombosis
• You have or have had jaundice or severe liver disease
• You are suspected of having cancer
• You have unexplained vaginal bleeding

Talk to your Doctor before taking Cerelle if:

• You have or have ever had breast cancer
• You have cancer of the liver
• You have or ever had thrombosis (blockage of a blood vessel due to a blood clot)
• You have diabetes
• You suffer from epilepsy
• You suffer from tuberculosis
• You have high blood pressure
• You have or have had chloasma
• You have depression or mood changes

The combined pill contains two different kinds of hormones (oestrogen and progesterone) while the mini-pill (Cerelle) only contains progestogen. The mini pill is also commonly referred to as the progesterone-only-pill or POP.

Apart from the ingredients the two pills are also used slightly differently. The combined pill is designed to be taken once-a-day for 3 weeks, followed by a 7-day pill-free break, the mini pill is to be taken once a day, every day. So during the 7-day break on the combined pill, you will have a period but because there’s no break on the mini-pill you will likely notice irregular menstrual cycles and probably no periods at all.

Different women find that different pills work differently for them, so if one is not right for you there are plenty of other options.

You can buy a combined pill such as Rigevidon online from e-surgery!

If you vomit within 3 to 4 hours after taking the pill or have severe diarrhoea, the active substance may not have been completely absorbed. Take another pill as soon as you can and use protection.

The contraceptive pill prevents unwanted pregnancy. If you buy Cerelle it is a progesterone-only pill which means that it does not contain oestrogen; this may be better for you if you’ve had issues with the combined pill in the past.

You can buy Cerelle online from e-Surgery making it easy to get the right contraception for you.

Remember you can use our free Ask a Pharmacist service if you have any questions before you buy Cerelle online.

Store Cerelle in a cool, dry place as per the Cerelle patient information leaflet.

Do not use Cerelle after the expiry date which is stated on the packaging. Whenever you buy Cerelle online, or any other medication be sure to check the expiry date when it arrives to you in the post.

Yes, you can legally buy Cerelle online from registered prescribers such as e-Surgery.

Whenever you buy Cerelle online or any other medication, make sure you check for the green GPhC and MHRA logos on the bottom of each page of the website you are using.

You can use the GPhC website to check if a pharmacy is registered, this will ensure that when you buy Cerelle online it will be genuine.

You can find more information before you buy Cerelle online in the Cerelle patient information leaflet.

You can also use our completely free Ask-a-Pharmacist service to get health advice from a trained professional. Were here to help!

If you buy Cerelle online from e-Surgery prices start at 15.95. This includes the cost of a private prescription.

e-Surgery uses Royal Mail delivery with choices starting from; Royal Mail 48 tracked delivery, Royal Mail tracked 24 and Royal Mail 1 pm special delivery (discover more about e-Surgery delivery). Whenever you buy Cerelle online it will arrive in discreet, recyclable packaging at a delivery address of your choice.

Find out to recycle packaging from e-Surgery.

The Cerelle tablet pack contains a patient information leaflet and a blister pack containing either a 3 months supply (84 tablets) or a 6 months supply (168 tablets). If you buy Cerelle online from e-Surgery start at 15.95.

Whenever you buy Cerelle online they will come in blister packs that are not currently recyclable, so once they have been used can be disposed of in a general waste bin. If the Cerelle tablets are unfinished dispose of the medication safely and drop them off at a local pharmacy. Cardboard packaging and paper patient information leaflets are recyclable.

For any more information on the disposal of Cerelle tablets, you can use our free Ask-A-Pharmacist service.