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Ortho-Novum

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Ortho-Novum (ôrth-nvm)
A trademark for any of several oral contraceptives that contain norethindrone and either ethinyl estradiol or mestranol.

Ortho-Novum,
trademark for oral contraceptives containing an estrogen (ethinyl estradiol or mestranol) and a progestin (norethindrone).

Ortho-Novum [or″tho-no´vum]
trademark for preparations of norethindrone with mestranol or with ethinyl estradiol, used as an oral contraceptive.


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John's wort was tested for its effect on Ortho-Novum 1/35, an OC pill containing ethinyl estradiol and norethindrone.
Ortho-Novum (norethindrone and ethinyl estradiol) and Motrin (ibuprofen), in addition to advances in antibiotic therapy, dominated the 1970s.
A tour through the inner workings of the J&J empire suggests that, in the case of at least four drugs - Zomax, Suprol, Ortho-Novum birth-control pills, and Retin-A - J&J, under Burke's leadership, willfully disregarded public safety in order to push its products.
 
 
 
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