Every woman knows how important it is to choose a contraceptive suitable for her body. Currently, the choice of such drugs is huge, but those that contain a small amount of hormones have few contraindications and meet modern standards, not so many. Just to them can be attributed the tool "Jazz". Pills not only help to prevent an unwanted pregnancy, their intake safely affects the general condition of the body.
Composition, release form
The drug is available in film-coated tablets. The active substances in their composition are: ethinyl estradiol (in the form of betadex clathrate) - 0.02 mg and drospirenone - 3.00 mg. Auxiliary components include: lactose monohydrate, corn starch, magnesium stearate.
Jazz tablets - reviews of them are mostly positive - refer to oral contraceptive hormonal drugs. They are taken orally to prevent unwanted pregnancy and only on the recommendation of a doctor.
Pharmacological properties
A contraceptive has antimineralcorticoid and antiandrogenic effects. Suppresses ovulation due to the transformation of cervical fluid, which becomes viscous and prevents sperm from entering.
If you take "Jazz" pills, reviews of which are rather contradictory, according to the scheme described in the instructions, then the probability of fertilization by the Perl index is less than 1, but each missed dose increases this indicator.
Indications and contraindications
"Jazz" (birth control pills) have their own indications and contraindications that determine their area of application.
So, the drug is prescribed to prevent unwanted pregnancy. “Jazz” birth control pills are also used to treat moderate acne and relieve premenstrual syndrome.
The instruction says that they should be abandoned for venous arterial thrombosis, thromboembolism, cerebrovascular disorder. Do not use them in a condition preceding thrombosis. We are talking about cardiovascular diseases, such as ischemic attacks, arrhythmia, angina pectoris, malfunctioning of the heart valve, atrial fibrillation. Contraindications to the use of the drug are migraine, diabetes, impaired brain function and damage to the coronary arteries. You can not use the medicine for an uncontrolled form of arterial hypertension, operations with a prolonged form of immobilization and smokers over the age of 35 years.
Doctors do not recommend using the drug for kidney failure, liver, adrenal gland diseases, hormonal neoplasms, vaginal bleeding, during pregnancy and lactation.
It is worth refusing to take the drug with increased sensitivity to active and auxiliary substances in its composition.
If during taking the tablets there is discomfort, bleeding, stopping the menstrual cycle and the like, then you should refrain from taking them and continue the course only after consulting with a gynecologist.
Cases when the drug should be taken with caution
You should not prescribe yourself birth control pills "Jazz". Reviews about women taking this remedy indicate its low hormonal level. It should be taken with caution or it is completely worth abandoning their use when:
- predisposition to thrombosis, thromboembolism;
- smoking, thrombosis, heart attack, a malfunction in the cerebral blood supply, any degree of obesity, dyslipoproteinemia, migraine, high blood pressure, heart valve disease, arrhythmia, prolonged immobilization, surgery, extensive trauma;
- peripheral circulation disorders. This is diabetes of any type, Liebman-Sachs disease, hemolytic uremic syndrome, inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, ulcer, colitis, phlebitis, sickle cell anemia;
- angioedema;
- hypertriglyceridemia;
- any diseases of the liver and gastrointestinal tract;
- jaundice, cholestasis, otosclerosis, Sydenham chorea, cholelithiasis, porphyria.
It is worth refraining from taking the drug in the recovery postpartum period.
Pills "Jazz": instruction
A contraceptive is taken orally with water. The drug is taken at the same time. The dragee should be taken alternately in the direction of the arrow, which is drawn on an aluminum blister, in order to avoid confusion. In total, the package contains 28 pills.
Often the menstrual cycle begins on the second or third day after the last active tablet is consumed, followed by four dummy tablets containing no active substance in the next four days.
Do not take a break between the old and new pack of the drug. Reception of tablets from the new packaging should be carried out on the next day after the last inactive dragee in the old pack ends, even though the critical days have not yet ended. As a result, a new pack of birth control hormones will always start on the same dates, and menstruation will go on about the same day on the calendar.
The first packaging of contraceptive "Jazz plus"
Tablets (reviews indicate their good contraceptive effect) should be taken from the first day of menstruation. On this day you need to drink pills, corresponding to a specific day of the week. It is allowed to use the drug on the 2nd-5th day of the cycle, but in this case, the degree of reliability of the contraceptive will not be at the proper height and will require additional protection throughout the first week.
If the transition to this drug is carried out with combined oral agents, a vaginal ring or a contraceptive patch, then the hormone pills "Jazz" should be drunk the day after taking the last pill from the old package. In this case, there will be no break between taking the pills. If the previous drug, like this one, contains dragees without an active substance, then you should start taking "Jazz" the day after using the last active pill of the previous medicine. "Jazz plus" tablets (the instructions are attached to them), you can use a little later, but no later than the day you take the last tablet without the active substance.
When using the vaginal ring, birth control patch, the use of the drug should begin on the day the ring or patch is removed, but no later than the day the contraceptive is replaced. Subject to all the rules, the need for additional safety measures disappears.
If previously used for the protection of non-combined oral drug containing only gestagen (mini-drank), then after stopping it, you can start taking Jazz tablets the very next day. The only thing, during the first week, it will be necessary to resort to additional contraception.
If the transition to "Jazz" (birth control pills) comes with injections to prevent unwanted pregnancy, an implant or with a gestagen-releasing spiral, then dragee administration should begin on the day when the next injection contraceptive is to be administered and in the first week after removal of the spiral (implant) ) In the same period, additional protective measures must be used.
Doctors often prescribed to women after childbirth the Jazz Plus remedy. Reviews indicate that it also heals. But you can take it only after the complete end of the first cycle. If there are prescriptions of a specialist, then you can use it earlier.
When breastfeeding, after an abortion or miscarriage, the possibility of taking the drug should be discussed with a gynecologist.
What does the jazz packaging say?
The information on the package helps to carry out the correct intake of the Jazz preparation. It contains 24 tablets plus four in the last row - a placebo. All tablets are enclosed in an aluminum blister. The box has a calendar with duct tape that allows you to control the days of taking the drug.
Before taking the pills, you need to select a strip with the appropriate day of the week and use it by sticking it on the package in the position so that the start arrow looks at it.
This functional solution will allow you to see the day of the week when you should take the pill, and will not let you miss the next one.
Discontinuation and Missed Pills
If desired and according to indications, you can stop taking the Jazz Plus contraceptive at any time. Pills, reviews of which are quite impressive, should be excluded when planning a pregnancy. In this case, it is necessary to wait for the arrival of the first natural menstruation. If the drug is stopped for some other reason, then you should ask your doctor about analogues or other methods of contraception.
If the drug is missed, then inactive pills are not taken into account, but they should be discarded in order to avoid the error of prolonging the period of inactive pills. An uncontrolled active pill from the period from the 1st to the 24th day with a delay of 12-36 hours does not cancel the contraceptive effect, but it will be necessary to take the medicine as soon as possible. Being late for more than 12-36 hours significantly reduces the contraceptive effect of the drug "Jazz". And the more tablets are missed, the closer the period of taking inactive dragees is and there is a greater chance of fertilization.
If you missed taking the medicine from the 1st to the 7th day of the cycle, you need to take a pill at the first memory of it, even if you have to drink two pills at once. In the future, tablets should be taken in the usual manner. Throughout the next week, you must use additional contraception.
A missed tablet in the phase from the 8th to the 14th day is drunk as soon as a woman remembers it, even if two pills have to be drunk at the same time. Further, the medication is administered as before. The need for additional contraception disappears, provided that the drug was taken according to the scheme for seven days before the missed active tablet. If previously there was a fact of skipping the drug, then it is necessary to use additional contraceptive measures.
A missed dose from the 15th to the 24th day poses a rather high risk of an unwanted pregnancy. If during the week preceding the missed day, all the tablets were taken correctly, then additional contraception can be omitted. Otherwise, additional precautions should be taken throughout the next week. In any case, the tablet should be drunk as soon as possible, even if you have to drink two tablets at the same time. The remaining active tablets are consumed strictly on schedule, and inactive are thrown away. A sharp transition to active pills from a new package is being carried out. Spotting spotting may be observed at this time. Bleeding does not occur until the end of taking the second pack.
You can temporarily stop taking the pills, but not more than four days. This should include the days of skipping the drug. Continue taking the pills from the new packaging.
Side effects
Taking the drug "Jazz" can cause a number of side effects. This is, first of all, a sharp change of mood, depression, nausea, vomiting, pain in the area of the mammary gland, migraine, breakthrough uterine bleeding, decreased libido, venous and arterial thromboembolism, impaired liver function, jumps in blood pressure.
In rare cases, a breast tumor develops. Benign and malignant neoplasms in the liver are possible. The risk of the onset and development of pancreatitis, erythema nodosum, hypertension is increased.
Taking contraceptives aggravates the patient's condition with jaundice, itching caused by the formation of cholestasis, stones in the gall bladder, porphyrin disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, Sydenham chorea, angioedema, Crohn’s disease, chloasma.
Analogues of the drug
Currently, there are many oral hormonal contraceptives , but there are only a few that can replace the Jazz drug. These are medicines:
- Jazz Plus
- Dimia
- "Yarina";
- "Dailla";
- Simicia
- "Midian."
They contain exactly the same active substance and the same doses of hormones as "Jazz". Tablets (analogues) act almost identically. They reduce the level of male hormones and have antiandrogenic qualities. Perfectly protect against unwanted pregnancy. The difference between the two is in the manufacturing company. Prices for them range from 700-1000 rubles, plus or minus 50-300 rubles. The drug "Jazz" costs about 750 rubles per pack of 28 tablets.
Contraceptive reviews
"Jazz" is a modern medicine, but reviews about it have developed quite controversial. Many take it for a long time and are not going to change it for another. During this time, the condition of the skin and hair of women improved, the pains in the lower abdomen in the premenstrual period decreased, and pregnancy did not occur. Some of them noted an increase in weight when taking the drug "Jazz". Pills (doctors' reviews once again confirm their effectiveness and pay attention to contraindications) had a negative effect on libido. It either completely disappeared or decreased significantly. After taking the medicine, there was a delay in menstruation, brown discharge and swelling of the breast.
To many, the contraceptive did not fit and caused hypertension, headaches, frequent mood swings, discomfort, and bleeding. This category of people, in order to avoid negative consequences, strongly recommends to undergo an examination, pass all the necessary tests and be sure to consult a gynecologist before taking this drug.
Nevertheless, Jazz tablets effectively cope with the task assigned to them and protect women from unwanted pregnancies, which is exactly what thousands of women's reviews confirm.