Tri-Sprintec Tablet: Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Precautions and Alternates

Name: Tri-Sprintec Tablet: Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Precautions and Alternates
Duration: 4 min 43 s
Description: Tri-Sprintec is a combination birth control pill that contains two hormones, norgestimate (a progestin) and ethinyl estradiol (an estrogen). It is a triphasic pill, meaning the hormone amounts change across three phases during the cycle to copy the natural rise and fall of hormones. It is taken by mouth every day to prevent pregnancy, and it can also treat moderate acne in some women.

Tri-Sprintec Tablet

Generic name	norgestimate and ethinyl estradiol
Drug class	Estrogen / Progestin combined contraceptive
Forms	Tablet (28-day blister pack with active and placebo tablets)

Tri-Sprintec is a combination birth control pill that contains two hormones, norgestimate (a progestin) and ethinyl estradiol (an estrogen). It is a triphasic pill, meaning the hormone amounts change across three phases during the cycle to copy the natural rise and fall of hormones. It is taken by mouth every day to prevent pregnancy, and it can also treat moderate acne in some women.

General information

Follow the prescriber and the leaflet that comes with this medicine.