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ATC codes: G03AA05
Indication
Contact with health services for contraceptive management ICD11 code: QA21
INN
Ethinylestradiol + norethisterone
Medicine type
Chemical agent
List type
Core
Formulations
Oral > Solid: 35 µg + 1 mg
EML status history
First added in 1977 (TRS 615)
Changed in 1979 (TRS 641)
Changed in 1991 (TRS 825)
Changed in 2021 (TRS 1035)
Sex
Female
Age
Adolescents and adults
Therapeutic alternatives
Medicines within the same pharmacological class can be used
Therapeutic alternatives limitations
Therapeutic alternatives to be reviewed (2023)
Patent information
Patents have expired in most jurisdictions
Summary of evidence and Expert Committee recommendations
Following the review of square box listings on the EML and EMLc, the Expert Committee recommended the therapeutic alternatives for combined oral contraceptives be reviewed.