microgestin 24 fe - Medication Listings

Microgestin 24 Fe is a combination oral contraceptive for oral administration consisting of active tablets containing norethindrone acetate, a progestin, and ethinyl estradiol, an estrogen, and placebo tablets containing ferrous fumarate, which serve no therapeutic purpose. Each active pale yellow tablet contains 1 mg norethindrone acetate and 20 mcg ethinyl estradiol. Inactive ingredients include polyvinyl alcohol, titanium dioxide, talc, macrogol/polyethylglycol 3350 NF, lecithin (soya), D&C Yellow No.10 Aluminum Lake, FD&C Blue No.2 Aluminum Lake, FD&C Yellow No.6 Aluminum Lake, lactose, magnesium stearate and pregelatinized corn starch. Each placebo brown tablet contains 75 mg ferrous fumarate, polyvinyl alcohol, iron oxide yellow, talc, macrogol/polyethylene glycol 3350 NF, iron oxide red, lecithin (soya), iron oxide black, microcrystalline cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, magnesium stearate and crospovidone.. The ferrous fumarate tablets do not serve any therapeutic purpose. Ferrous fumarate tablets are not USP for dissolution. The chemical name of ethinyl estradiol is 19-nor-17α-pregna-1,3,5(10)-trien-20-yne-3,17-diol. The empirical formula of ethinyl estradiol is C 20 H 24 O 2 and the structural formula is: The chemical name of norethindrone acetate is 17-hydroxy-19-nor-17α-pregn-4-en-20-yn-3-one acetate. The empirical formula of norethindrone acetate is C 22 H 28 O 3 and the structural formula is: 3 4