Precautions and Warnings With Junel Fe

To minimize possible risks and complications, talk to your healthcare provider about precautions and warnings with Junel Fe prior to taking the birth control pill. For example, you should tell your healthcare provider if you have certain health conditions, such as gallbladder disease, depression, or high blood pressure. Junel Fe can make some of these conditions worse.

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Junel Fe: What Should I Tell My Healthcare Provider?

You should talk with your healthcare provider prior to using Junel Fe™ (norethindrone/ethinyl estradiol) if you have:

A history of heart attack or stroke
A history of blood clots or a clotting disorder
Chest pain (angina)
High blood pressure (hypertension)
Yellowing of the whites of the eyes or skin (jaundice) during a prior pregnancy or oral contraceptive use
High cholesterol
Gallbladder disease
Depression
Heart disease
Diabetes
Liver disease, such as liver failure, cirrhosis, hepatitis, or liver tumors
Cancer (or if you have had cancer in the past)
Undiagnosed vaginal bleeding.

Also, let your healthcare provider know if you are:

A smoker
Over 35 years old
Pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant
Breastfeeding.

Make sure to tell your healthcare provider about any other medications you are taking, including prescription and non-prescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.

(Junel Fe is a generic version of Loestrin^® Fe and is also equivalent to Microgestin^® Fe birth control pills. The information in this article also applies to both of these medications.)

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