Loette Tablet

• If you are allergic to levonorgestrel or ethinylestradiol or any other ingredients of this medicine.
• If you have a history of any blood clot formation or bleeding disorder.
• If you have any pre-existing health condition such as any kind of heart problems like stroke, heart attack or chest pain, diabetes, high blood pressure or cholesterol etc.
• If you have or had a history of migraine attacks.
• If you had or have pancreas or liver problems.
• If you have a history of vaginal bleeding (cause not established), absent periods for more than 3 months (amenorrhea).
• If you have or are suspected of having breast cancer or cancer of the genital organs (private parts).
• If you are taking treatment for Hepatitis C with a medicine that contains Ombitasvir/Paritaprevir/Ritonavir plus Dasabuvir.

• Headache
• Acne
• Nausea
• Nervousness
• Stomach discomfort like pain, bloating
• Depression
• Weight gain
• Painful menstruation

Other General Warnings

• You have a family history of breast cancer, diabetes, fits or other brain disorders.
• You have high blood pressure or cholesterol.
• You have a disease of the liver, gall bladder or inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis).
• You have a blood disease that damages the kidneys (hemolytic uremic syndrome).
• You have an immune system disorder like systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
• You have a history of pregnancy patches especially on the face (chloasma).
• You have a disease that first appeared during pregnancy like porphyria (an inherited haemoglobin defect), hearing loss, gestational herpes (vesicular skin rashes during pregnancy) and Sydenham's chorea (rapid, irregular movements of the body).
• You have a family history or previous history of serious allergic reactions causing swelling of the face and throat, breathing difficulty, skin rashes and blisters (hereditary angioedema).
• You should let the doctor or the laboratory person know that you are using this medicine while going for a lab test, as this medicine may interfere with the lab tests.

• Loette tablet should be swallowed as a whole, with a full glass of water. Do not break, cut or chew the medicine.
• You should take this medicine regularly, at the same time and without fail as directed by your doctor.
• You should not consume it more than that prescribed by your doctor.

• Store Loette tablet below 25°C in a clean and dry place.
• Keep the medicine away from children and pets.
• Discard this medicine when it is expired or no longer needed.

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Interactions with other medicines

• Loette tablets may interact with other medications and provide an altered response to the treatment. Please notify your doctor if you are undergoing any other treatments, over-the-counter medications (that you buy without a prescription) and herbal preparations.
• Concomitant use of the Loette tablet along with medicines used to treat fits (phenytoin, carbamazepine, etc), anti-HIV medicines like ritonavir, anti-infectives like penicillin, herbal supplements like St. John's Wort (used to treat a psychiatric illness), may alter the effects of the Loette tablet.
• Concomitant use of this tablet with certain antiviral medicines may affect your liver enzymes. Thus, this tablet should be stopped and can be restarted 2 weeks after completing the treatment.
• Other medicines that should be used with caution are anti-tuberculosis medicines like rifampicin and anti-epileptic medicines like carbamazepine, immunosuppressants like ciclosporin, etc.