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Ethinylestradiol, also ethinyl estradiol , is a derivative of estradiol. Ethinyl estradiol is orally bio-active and the estrogen in almost all modern formulations of combined oral contraceptive pills . It is one of the most commonly used medications. The first orally active synthetic steroidal estrogen, ethinylestradiol , the 17-ethynyl analog of estradiol, was synthesized in 1938 by Hans Herloff Inhoffen and Walter Hohlweg at Schering AG in Berlin. Ethinylestradiol was...


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How much estrogen does your pill contain?
I stopped the pill 3 years ago because of some very unpleasant side effects. Now...

Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo has .025 mg, so that does sound like a lot. But I am on low so maybe that's why it's such a huge difference. If you feel...

Asked by Rumtscho - 368 days ago

How do you know if a birth control pill or high-dose or low-dose?
If a pill contains 0.15 mg of Levonorgestrel and 0.03 mg of Ethinylestradiol (Ethinyl Estradiol),...

You'd be best off looking up your medication online, maybe even comparing it to something like ortho tricyclen lo (which is definitely low-dose).

Asked by TobiasLuciaStarr - 7 months ago


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