Minzoya Dosage
Generic name: LEVONORGESTREL 0.1mg, ETHINYL ESTRADIOL 0.02mg;
Dosage form: tablets
Drug class: Contraceptives
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Jan 9, 2025.
How to Start Minzoya
Minzoya is dispensed in a blister card. Minzoya may be started using either a Day 1 start or a Sunday start (see Table 1). For the first cycle of a Sunday Start regimen, an additional method of contraception should be used until after the first 7 consecutive days of administration.
How to Take Minzoya
Minzoya (white to off-white active tablets, and blue placebo tablets) is swallowed whole once a day.
| Starting COCs in Women not currently using Hormonal Contraception (Day 1 Start or Sunday Start) Important: Consider the possibility of ovulation and conception prior to initiation of this product. Tablets Color: Levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol tablets i.e. active tablets are white to off-white (Day 1 to Day 21). Ferrous bisglycinate tablets i.e. placebo tablets are blue (Day 22 to Day 28). |
Day 1 Start: Take first white to off-white active tablet on the first day of menses. Take subsequent white to off-white active tablets once daily at the same time each day for a total of 21 days. Take one blue placebo tablet daily for 7 days and at the same time of day that active tablets were taken. Begin each subsequent pack on the same day of the week as the first cycle pack (i.e. on the day after taking the last inactive tablet). Sunday Start: Take first active tablet on the first Sunday after the onset of menses. Due to the potential risk of becoming pregnant, use additional non-hormonal contraception (such as condoms or spermicide) for the first seven days of the patient's first cycle pack of Minzoya. Take subsequent white to off-white tablets once daily at the same time each day for a total of 21 days. Take one blue placebo tablet daily for the following 7 days and at the same time of day that active tablets were taken. Begin each subsequent pack on the same day of the week as the first cycle pack (i.e., on the Sunday after taking the last inactive tablet) and additional non-hormonal contraceptive is not needed. |
| Switching to Minzoya from another hormonal contraceptive |
Start on the same day that a new pack of the previous hormonal contraceptive would have started. |
| Switching from another contraceptive method to Minzoya |
Start Minzoya: |
| Transdermal patch |
On the day when next application would have been scheduled |
| Vaginal ring |
On the day when next insertion would have been scheduled |
| Injection |
On the day when next injection would have been scheduled |
| Intrauterine contraceptive |
On the day of removal If the IUD is not removed on first day of the patient's menstrual cycle, additional nonhormonal contraceptive (such as condoms or spermicide) is needed for the first seven days of the first cycle pack. |
| Implant |
On the day of removal |
| Complete instructions to facilitate patient counseling on proper tablet usage are located in the FDA-Approved Patient Labeling. |
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Starting Minzoya after Abortion or Miscarriage
First-trimester:
- After a first-trimester abortion or miscarriage; Minzoya may be started immediately. An additional method of contraception is not needed if Minzoya is started within 5 days after termination of the pregnancy.
- If Minzoya is not started within 5 days after termination of the pregnancy, the patient should use additional non-hormonal contraception (such as condoms or spermicide) for the first seven days of her first cycle pack of Minzoya.
- Do not start until 4 weeks after a second-trimester abortion or miscarriage, due to the increased risk of thromboembolic disease. Start Minzoya, following the instructions in Table 1 for Day 1 or Sunday start, as desired. If using Sunday start, use additional non-hormonal contraception (such as condoms or spermicide) for the first seven days of the patient's first cycle pack of Minzoya.
Starting Minzoya after Childbirth
- Do not start until 4 weeks after delivery, due to the increased risk of thromboembolic disease. Start contraceptive therapy with Minzoya following the instructions in Table 1 for women not currently using hormonal contraception.
- If the woman has not yet had a period postpartum, consider the possibility of ovulation and conception occurring prior to use of Minzoya..
Missed Tablets
| If one white to off-white active tablet is missed in Weeks 1, 2, or 3 |
Take the tablet as soon as possible. Continue taking one tablet a day until the pack is finished. |
| If two white to off-white active tablets are missed in Week 1 or Week 2 |
Take the two missed tablets as soon as possible and the next two active tablets the next day. Continue taking one tablet a day until the pack is finished. Additional non-hormonal contraception (such as condoms or spermicide) should be used as back-up if the patient has sex within 7 days after missing tablets. |
| If two white to off-white tablets are missed in Week 3 or three or more white to off-white active tablets are missed in a row in Weeks 1, 2, or 3 |
Day 1 start : Throw out the rest of the pack and start a new pack that same day. Sunday start : Continue taking one tablet a day until Sunday, then throw out the rest of the pack and start a new pack that same day. Additional non-hormonal contraception (such as condoms or spermicide) should be used as back-up if the patient has sex within 7 days after missing tablets. |
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