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Monthly Archives: July 2007

Say goodbye to “that time of the month” and hello to “that time of the season.”

New pill specifically designed to limit periods to four times a year
 
Michelle Magnan
Calgary Herald
 
Friday, July 06, 2007
 
An oral contraceptive designed to give you only four menstrual periods a year instead of the usual 13 will be hitting Canadian pharmacy shelves by the end of the year.
 
On Thursday, Health Canada approved Seasonale, the first extended-cycle birth […]

Menstrual-suppressing drug gets Canadian okay

 
In U.S. since 2003. Extended-cycle oral contraceptive
 
MIKE KING
The Gazette
Business Section Montreal, Canada
Friday, July 06, 2007
 
Montreal specialty pharmaceutical firm Paladin Labs Inc. has got the federal government’s green light to market the first extended-cycle oral contraceptive in Canada that allows women to suppress menstruation.
 
Seaonale, or levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol tablets, were approved for sale by Health Canada’s […]