Seasonale Information
Seasonale is the FDA-approved extended-cycle birth control pill for the prevention of pregnancy that reduces your monthly periods to just 4 times a year.
Seasonale tablets is available in the Seasonale Extended-Cycle Tablet Dispenser containing 84 active pink tablets and 7 white inactive tablets.
To achieve maximum effectiveness, Seasonale must be taken exactly as directed and at intervals not exceeding 24 hours. Ideally, the tablets should be taken at the same time of the day on each day of active treatment. The dosing regimen for Seasonale is:
- Take 1 pink tablet daily for 84 consecutive days.
- Follow with 7 days of white inactive tablets.
- Begin taking Seasonale on the first Sunday after the onset of menstruation. If menstruation begins on a Sunday, the first pink tablet is taken that day.
- Withdrawal bleeding should occur during the 7 days following discontinuation of pink active tablets.
Serious as well as minor side effects have been reported with the use of hormonal contraceptives. Serious risks include blood clots, stroke, and heart attack. Cigarette smoking increases the risk of serious cardiovascular side effects, especially in women over 35 years. Oral contraceptives do not protect against HIV infection (AIDS) and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Use of Seasonale provides women with more hormonal exposure on a yearly basis than conventional monthly oral contraceptives containing similar strength synthetic estrogens and progestins (an additional 9 weeks per year). While this added exposure may pose an additional risk of thrombotic and thromboembolic disease, studies to date with Seasonale have not suggested an increased risk of these disorders. The convenience of fewer menses (4 vs 13 per year) should be weighed against the inconvenience of increased intermenstrual bleeding/spotting.
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