"A subpotent dose of
Lunelle may not be effective in preventing pregnancy" the FDA said in a statement.
The FDA approved a monthly injectable (
Lunelle, a product of Pharmacia) in October 2000, a vaginal ring (Organon's NuvaRing) in October 2001 and a transdermal patch (Ortho Evra, manufactured by Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical) in November 2001; all of these devices deliver a combination of estrogen and progesterone.
Other methods include lens elevations (delta shaped profiles) in the 3 and 9 o'clock positions (
Lunelle Rx Toric Tdi).
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Lunelle (Monthly Injection." Feminists Women's Health Center.
The recall does not include
Lunelle packaged in vials, Bryant Haskins, a Pharmacia spokesperson, said in an interview.
In what the media has hailed as the "second" contraceptive revolution, the FDA has approved six new birth control products in the last two years: Mirena, a hormone-releasing IUD,
Lunelle, a monthly hormone shot, Nuva Ring, a hormonal vaginal ring, Ortho Evra, a hormone patch, Lea's Shield, a cervical cap, and most recently, Essure, a mechanical device that sterilizes women by creating scar tissue in their Fallopian tubes.
About 100,000 women had been using
Lunelle in either form at the time of the recall.
* Estradiol cypionate/medroxyprogesterone injections (
Lunelle).
The manufacturer of
Lunelle, a monthly birth control injection, are voluntarily taking the product off the market, it was announced Friday.
Designs such as the conventional
Lunelle Variations 70+ (CooperVision), have a front aspheric with three profiles equivalent to +1.25 D, +2.00D and +2.75D.
They include the mini-pills as well as the injectable contraceptives Depo-Provera and
Lunelle.
WASHINGTON -- Candidates for the monthly injectable contraceptive
Lunelle include women who want the ease of an injectable method with a more rapid return to fertility than that associated with Depo-Provera, Dr.