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Yasmin Information

What's inside Yasmin

Yasmin Active Ingredients: ethinyl estradiol, drospirenone, details.
Yasmin Dosages & Strengths
Strength Format Route Strength Class
Yasmin 3 mg-0.03 mg tablet oral 1.0 each OTC

Recent Yasmin Side Effects

Posted by dillonb2 about 11 hours ago
I was taking Yasmin until mid 2007 and took a break until 3 months ago. Since starting with Yasmin again I've been feeling ve...

Posted by shawn545 1 day ago
I've been on Yasmin for four months. With all of the side affects from yasmin it is the only pill that makes me feel somewha...

Posted by dbl6alt 1 day ago
hello all, i've been reading your stories and feel i need to write mine too. i started taking yasmin about 4 months ago. and ...


Yasmin in the News

UNICEF/EU officials on Guinea Worm assessment tour - The Statesman Online
The Ambassador for European Commission Directorate for Humanitarian Aid Office, Filberto Seberigondi and UNICEF Ghana Country Representative Yasmin Ali ...
Mon Mar 10 04:33:01 -0400 2008

Le Bon campaigns against fake goods - The Press Association
The real model - Yasmin Le Bon, wife of pop star Simon - was there to launch a major global campaign to combat the rising tide of counterfeiting and piracy ...
Mon Mar 10 06:15:46 -0400 2008

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Powell's Rivers of Blood are back again - Independent
Back in the spring of 1968, East African Asians were adjusting to the retreat of colonialism. We were, remember, the essential middle-class buffer between ...
Sun Mar 09 21:44:35 -0400 2008


Yasmin Chemical Information

ethinyl estradiol - A semisynthetic estrogen. Ethinyl estradiol binds to the estrogen receptor complex and enters the nucleus, activating DNA transcription of genes involved in estrogenic cellular responses. This agent also inhibits 5-alpha reductase in epididymal tissue, which lowers testosterone levels and may delay progression of prostatic cancer. In addition to its antineoplastic effects, ethinyl estradiol protects against osteoporosis. In animal models, short-term therapy with this agent has been shown to provide long-term protection against breast cancer, mimicking the antitumor effects of pregnancy. (NCI04)

drospirenone - A synthetic spironolactone analogue and progestin with progestational and anti-mineralocorticoid activity. Drospirenone binds to the progesterone receptor, the resulting complex becomes activated and binds to specific sites on DNA. This results in a suppression of LH activity and an inhibition of ovulation as well as an alteration in the cervical mucus and endometrium. This leads to an increased difficulty of sperm entry into the uterus and implantation. This drug is used in oral contraceptives.





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