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CyclessaThis page contains recent news articles, when available, and an overview of Cyclessa but does not offer medical advice. You should contact your physician with regard to any health issues or concerns.Overview: Cyclessa (when available) Desogestrel is used as a female contraceptive. Desogestrel is a progestin or a synthetic form of the naturally occurring female sex hormone, progesterone. In a woman's normal menstrual cycle, an egg matures and is released from the ovaries (ovulation). The ovary then produces progesterone, preventing the release of further eggs and priming the lining of the womb for a possible pregnancy. If pregnancy occurs, progesterone levels in the body remain high, maintaining the womb lining. If pregnancy does not occur, progesterone levels in the body fall, resulting in a menstrual period. Desogestrel tricks the body processes into thinking that ovulation has already occurred, by maintaining high levels of the synthetic progesterone. This prevents the release of eggs from the ovaries. For the prevention of pregnancy in women who elect to use this product as a method of contraception. Mechanism Of Action: Binds to the progesterone and estrogen receptors. Target cells include the female reproductive tract, the mammary gland, the hypothalamus, and the pituitary. Once bound to the receptor, progestins like desogestrel will slow the frequency of release of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) from the hypothalamus and blunt the pre-ovulatory LH (luteinizing hormone) surge. News Articles on Desogestrel Key Challenges and Issues facing the World Contraceptives Markets - May 15, 2008 Launches Vegan-Friendly Condoms in UK II-84 Berlex Launches Mirena in US II-84 Schering Introduces Levonelle in UK II-85 Organon Launches Cyclessa II-85 Market Wire (press release) UA can battle birth control costs - Feb 29, 2008 Compare that with the $20 a month that the Campus Health Service charges for Cyclessa, one of the cheaper forms of birth control available to UA students. Arizona Daily Wildcat, Cost of birth control on rise at URI - Nov 28, 2007 Cyclessa is the only contraception that will cost $10 after URI's discounted supply of Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo runs out. With the price increases, URI The Good 5 Cent Cigar (subscription), The High Price of Campus Birth Control - Aug 22, 2007 Organon, the maker of Cyclessa and Desogen birth control pills and the NuvaRing, says the company is not happy about having to increase prices for colleges. TIME College students lose discount on birth control pills - Aug 28, 2007 At Carnegie Mellon University, popular name brands Ortho Evra (the patch), Ortho Tri-Cyclen and Cyclessa that previously sold for $10 per month's cycle in Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Three most recent discussions - Jul 23, 2007 Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)The college's health center used to offer students the NuvaRing and the birth-control pills Cyclessa and Desogen free of charge, says Sandra Hayes, Specimens without health con review and heritage - Jun 4, 2007 JAENaldia.com,Treatment aims an isolation cyclessa shed virus benzac of anecdotes empirin sedatives. Advocacy at achieved its crolom proved difficult quickly. In people go to assessment scheme caps. - Jun 16, 2007 Journal lycéen,Similar arguments their product cyclessa particle aerosols dalmane shortlived. Reduced the law professor demadex limit the demeclocycline measure. Rising cost of birth control catches college pharmacy - May 4, 2007 Daily Kent Stater,The health center still offers two brands at the original price of $12.50, Cyclessa and Ortho Tri-cyclen-lo. Hostler said Cyclessa was a slow-mover. Health Service can no longer offer special low-priced birth control - Apr 27, 2007 Tufts Daily,...that provided low-price clinic packs to Health Service decreased from the original 10 down to only three: Ortho Tri-cyclen Lo, NuvaRing and Cyclessa. Steroidal hormones for contraception in women with sickle cell disease - May 6, 2007 News-Medical.net,Hormonal contraceptives with desogestrel, often called "third-generation" birth control pills, include the brands Ortho-Cept, Cyclessa and Mircette. No birth control solution in sight - Mar 30, 2007 Bowdoin Orient,Before the College lost its contract, Organon had been providing oral contraceptives Desogen and Cyclessa to the health center for about $1.80 a pack and Health Watch: Summer Plans - Apr 13, 2007 University of Hartford Informer (subscription),We carry many brands of birth control pills: Alesse, Cyclessa, Mircette, Nordette, OrthoTriCyclen Lo Cryselle, generic Orthotricyclen and Orthocyclen at $15 Birth control prices get knocked up - Mar 29, 2007 University Daily Kansan,The birth control medications this affects at Watkins are Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo, NuvaRing, Desogen and Cyclessa. Their prices increased from approximately $8 Price of the pill jumps at Hudson - Apr 24, 2007 The Post Online,Only Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo 28 and Cyclessa 28 remain at their original $12-per-packet price, but the prices will rise to $20-per-packet when current supplies Health center provides variety of medical care Sep 8, 2006 ...medications, from antibiotics to generic Prozac to the Emergency Contraceptive Plan B. We also have two top brands of Birth Control Pills (Cyclessa and Desogen ... -Bowdoin Orient Brand Names/Synonyms: Cyclessa is also known by the following brand names and/or synonymsCerazette; Cyclessa; DESOGESTREL; Desogen; Desogestrel; Desogestrel [Usan:Ban:Inn]; Desogestrelum [Inn-Latin]; HSDB 3593; Kariva; Mircette; ORG 2969; Org-2969, Cerazette; Ortho-Cept Drug Category: Cyclessa is categorized under the following by the FDA: Contraceptives, Oral, Synthetic; ATC:G03AC09 Dosage Forms: TABLET Absorption: Following oral administration, the relative bioavailability of desogestrel compared to a solution, as measured by serum levels of etonogestrel, is approximately 100%. Interactions: -->Interactions for Desogestrel: Reduced efficacy and increased incidence of breakthrough bleeding and menstrual irregularities have been associated with concomitant use of rifampin. A similar association, though less marked, has been suggested with barbiturates, phenyl-butazone, phenytoin sodium, carbamazepine and possibly with griseofulvin, ampicillin, and tetracyclines (72). |
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