Marvelon 28 birth control pills blank day tag stickers, Health Canada says

Some lots of Marvelon 28 birth control tablets do not enclose day-of-the-week tag stickers that women might use to assistance them remember if they took their daily pill, Health Canada says.

“This emanate does not impact a reserve or efficiency of a pills. Canadians should continue to take their remedy as prescribed. It is critical to keep lane of when we take your pills to equivocate blank any doses,” Health Canada said in an advisory on Tuesday.

Without the stickers, there might be an increasing possibility of blank a dose. 

The stickers uncover a initial day of a week when a remedy is started, and a weekdays that a pills should be taken.

Merck Canada Inc., a importer of Marvelon 28, pronounced it apologizes for the situation. In a statement, a association pronounced it will deliver day-of-the-week tag stickers to Canadian sell pharmacies commencement a week of Sept. 10 and to clinics that have perceived samples starting a week of Sept. 17.

The association endorsed that health-care professionals proactively discuss a blank day-of-the-week tag stickers to their patients when prescribing or dispensing a product (desogestrel/ethinyl estradiol).

The day-of-the-week tag is a plaque that can be practical on a scald pack, indicating a initial day of a week when a remedy is started. It helps studious lane inscription intake, Merck Canada says. (Merck Canada)

Health Canada said a advisory relates to six lots of Marvelon 28 birth control pills with a Drug Information Number 02042479 with expiry dates trimming from Oct. 31, 2019, to March 31, 2021.

“There is no need to lapse Marvelon 28 products that we now have, given this emanate does not impact a efficiency or reserve of a inscription itself if taken as prescribed. Note that Marvelon 21 is not influenced by this situation.”

Other ways to lane intake 

Health Canada also had these suggestions for consumers who have a package of Marvelon 28 that does not embody a day-of-the-week sticker: 

• Keep lane of your daily inscription intake and cruise regulating ways to remind yourself to take them, such as a daily alarm on a cellphone.
• Go to your pharmacy to ask day-of-the week stickers.
• Alternatively, hit Merck Canada Inc. directly during 1-800-567-2594 ext. 3, or by email during medinfocanada@merck.com, to ask day-of-the-week stickers.
• Talk to a health-care veteran if we have questions or concerns about your birth control product, including about missed doses. 
• Report inauspicious events associated to health products to Health Canada by job toll-free during 1‑866‑234‑2345, or by stating online, by mail or by fax. 

Merck Canada said generic alternatives to Marvelon 28 are also accessible and do enclose day-of-the-week tag stickers. The association pronounced patients can be counselled to use a calendar to keep lane of their inscription intake. 

Article source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/birth-control-marvelon-1.4818772?cmp=rss