Drug name: Lindynette

Other names used:

• Estinyl®

Active Ingredients:

• Ethinylestradiol

Therapeutic effects of Lindynette: Lindynette is a birth control medicine. Contraceptive results are linked to reduction of gonadotropins discharge. Lyndinette also plays a role in the manipulation of cervical properties, such as making the movement of the sperm cells impossible. Such actions are also brought about the changes in the endometrium. This makes the embedding of a fertilized ovule complicated.

Indications: Lindynette tablets are administered to prevent unwanted pregnancy.

Precautions and Restrictions: It is not recommended to use Lindynette tablets if the following applies to you:

• Phase before the formation of blood clots
• Moderate or severe headaches (migraine)
• Inflammation of the pancreas (Pancreatitis)
• Kidney and liver dysfunction
• Benign or malignant tumors of the liver
• Venous or arterial thrombosis
• Vascular complications of diabetes
• Various risk factors of Venous or arterial thrombosis like arrhythmia, uncontrolled arterial hypertension, etc
• Hormone-dependent tumor
• Bleeding in vagina
• Pregnancy
• Genital Inflammation
• Symptoms of damage to the liver
• Diseases of the cardiovascular system
• Diabetes
• Disorders of the cerebral circulation
• Uterine Bleeding tendency
• Lactation
• Increased sensitivity to the ingredients of this medicine
• Planning to have surgery in the near future

Use Lindynette with caution under the below mentioned circumstances:

• High blood cholesterol levels or obesity
• Abnormal growth of bone near the middle ear (Otosclerosis)
• Migraine
• Blood clot disorder in superficial veins
• Gilbert-Meulengracht syndrome
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome
• Regional enteritis
• Sickle cell anemia
• High blood pressure

Side effects of Lindynette: When people use medicines or medicinal products on certain occasions they may experience few side effects. Side effects are only a distant possibility and there are no prior proven records to show that all users of this product will experience side effects.

Some of the side effects caused by these tablets are:

• Problems of the digestive system such as jaundice, vomiting, urge to vomit, and pain in the abdomen
• Problems of the endocrine glands such as spotting, changes in sex drive, weight gain, breast pain
• Effects on the central nervous system such as mood swings and cephalalgia
• Effects on the cardiovascular system such as thromboembolia and inflammation of a vein caused by a blood clot (thrombophlebitis)
• Problems in hearing and vision
• Various allergic reactions such as contact lenses intolerance, infection of the membrane lining the eyelids (conjunctivitis), eyelid swelling, rashes
• Other effects such as facial pigmentation, bleedings, etc

These are just some of the side effects and this is by no means an exhaustive list of adverse effects caused due to use of Lindynette tablets. For more information kindly consult your physician, pharmacist, or see the full details presented by Lindynette manufacturer.

Interactions: Lindynette tablets should be taken only after consulting with a doctor. While consulting the doctor apprise him of the treatment or medications you are currently under and also get a prescription from your doctor before start taking any new drug. This is to make sure that the combination of two drugs is safe.

• Medicines used to treat diabetes can react with Lindynette and change its blood level.
• The amount of Lindynette in the blood may decrease when used with antibiotics such as griseofulvin, rifampicin, ampicillin, etc.
• Lyndinette may metabolize faster when used with barbiturates and antiepileptic drugs.

Additional Information: Medicines such as Lindynette should not be used without prior approval of a trained physician and don't share these drugs with anybody else. Lindynette is made for specific conditions and it's not advisable to use for other purposes. Keep the drug out of the reach of children.