(Photo Credit: E+/Getty Images) Oral contraceptive pills consist of either the hormones progestin and estrogen or only progestin, and they must be taken once per day in order to prevent pregnancy.

A progestin-only oral contraceptive, each pill contains 0.075 mg of norgestrel and is available in 28-day packs. There is no estrogen component in the pill, which should be taken daily at the same ...

Pills that contain progestin and estrogen are called combined oral contraceptives (COCs). Most forms of modern birth control pills contain lower amounts of estrogen than they did in the past.

The combined oral contraceptive pill contains two hormones, synthetic oestrogen and progesterone (called progestogen). All the approximately 20 brands on the market have a similar amount of oestrogen.

Sexual and reproductive health specialist, Dr Deborah Lee, has revealed if taking the contraceptive pill can make you stop ...

With birth control having lacked sufficient research for decades, millions of people using the contraceptive pill are left ...

More and more women are turning away from the pill, as worries grow around side-effects, stoked by misinformation on social ...

In association to the progestin, second-generation pills contain 20-50 µg per ... and reduced during the 45 years of experience of oral contraceptives, with the improvement of their tolerance ...

Contraceptive pills, which regulate the female hormones estrogen and progesterone levels ... the study segregated hormonal contraceptives into four types- combined oral and non-oral contraceptives, as ...

Modern pills, known as "low-dose oral contraceptives (OCs)," contain ethinyl estradiol at concentrations of 20-35 µg. The subsequent discovery of deleterious effects of progestin on the lipid ...

Women who used combined oral contraceptives had a significantly higher mean age of hidradenitis suppurativa onset, as well as higher rates of concomitant polycystic ovary syndrome and ...