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Lo Loestrin Fe is a combination hormone medication, and is primarily used to prevent pregnancy. It does so by preventing the release of an egg during the menstrual cycle, making the vaginal fluid thicker to help prevent sperm from reaching an egg, and changing the lining of the uterus to prevent attachment of a fertilized egg.

Besides preventing pregnancy, these pills may make your periods more regular, decrease blood loss and painful periods, decrease the risk of ovarian cysts, and also help treat acne. Lo Loestrin Fe will not prevent the spread of STIs/STDs. There is currently no generic version sold in Canada.

Lo Loestrin Fe is taken by mouth once a day as directed by a doctor, with or without food. It is available as a tablet and comes in a pack containing 26 tablets with active medication and 2 reminder tablets with iron. The active tablets should be taken once daily before starting on the iron tablets, which should be taken once daily for the two remaining days.

Take the first tablet in the pack on the first Sunday following the beginning of your menstrual period or on the first day of your period. Use an additional form of non-hormonal birth control for the first 7 days of using this medication to prevent pregnancy. Take the tablets in the order they appear in the package at the same time everyday.

As your body adjusts to the medication, Lo Loestrin Fe may cause:

• Nausea/vomiting
• Headache
• Spotting or bleeding between menstrual periods
• Painful menstruation, abdominal pain
• Weight change, breast tenderness, acne
• Anxiety, depression
• Increased risk of blood clots
• Increased risk of some hormone dependent tumours

An individual may choose to stop taking Lo Loestrin Fe whenever they wish. When they stop taking this medication, the individual will be able to get pregnant.

Lo Loestrin Fe should not be taken by anyone who smokes cigarettes and is over 35 years old. It should also not be taken if the individual experiences or has experienced a blood clot, heart attack or stroke, high blood pressure that medicine cannot control, breast cancer, liver disease or liver tumors, or unexplained bleeding from the vagina. Lo Loestrin Fe is not to be taken when pregnant.