junel fe 24 - Medication Listings

Junel ® Fe 24 (norethindrone acetate and ethinyl estradiol tablets USP and ferrous fumarate tablets) is a combination oral contraceptive for oral administration consisting of active tablets containing norethindrone acetate, USP, a progestin, and ethinyl estradiol, USP, an estrogen, and inert tablets containing ferrous fumarate, which serve no therapeutic purpose. Each active light yellow tablet contains 1 mg norethindrone acetate, USP and 0.02 mg ethinyl estradiol, USP. Each light yellow tablet also contains the following inactive ingredients: acacia, compressible sugar, D&C yellow no. 10 aluminum lake, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate and pregelatinized corn starch. Each inert brown tablet contains 75 mg ferrous fumarate, crospovidone, hydrogenated vegetable oil and microcrystalline cellulose. The ferrous fumarate tablets do not serve any therapeutic purpose. Ferrous fumarate tablets are not USP for dissolution and assay. The chemical name of ethinyl estradiol, USP is 19-nor-17α-pregna-1,3,5(10)-trien-20-yne-3,17-diol, and the structural formula is: C 20 H 24 O 2 M.W. 296.40 The chemical name of norethindrone acetate, USP is 17-hydroxy-19-nor-17α-pregn-4-en-20-yn-3-one acetate, and the structural formula is: C 22 H 28 O 3 M.W. 340.46 ethinyl estradiol image norethindrone acetate image