xelria fe - Medication Listings

Xelria Fe is a combinational contraceptive containing the progestational compound norethindrone and the estrogenic compound ethinyl estradiol. The packaging includes 21 yellow tablets composed of norethindrone and ethinyl estradiol followed by 7 brown ferrous fumarate (placebo) tablets. The chemical name for norethindrone is 17-hydroxy-19-nor-17α-pregn-4-en-20-yn-3-one and for ethinyl estradiol the chemical name is 19-nor-17α-pregna-1,3,5(10)-trien-20-yne-3,17-diol. The structural formulas are: The active yellow norethindrone and ethinyl estradiol tablets (chewable) contain 0.4 mg norethindrone and 0.035 mg ethinyl estradiol, and the following inactive ingredients: colloidal silicon dioxide, dibasic calcium phosphate, D & C Yellow No.10 Aluminium Lake, lactose anhydrous, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, maltodextrin, povidone K-30, sodium starch glycolate, spearmint flavor and sucralose. The brown tablets contain ferrous fumarate, colloidal silicon dioxide, crosscarmellose sodium, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stereate, microcrystalline cellulose and povidone K-90.The ferrous fumarate tablets do not serve any therapeutic purpose. Ferrous fumarate tablets are not USP for dissolution and assay. USP Dissolution Test is pending. Norethindrone and Ethinyl Estradiol Structural Formulas