Q 4 by Kingston https://padlet.com/kingrajiah/wgdmvxltlsgt en-us 2015-09-23 01:14:21 UTC 2025-10-04 12:08:02 UTC hello@padlet.com A female customer with complaint of weight gain with her current COC- Marvelon®. She wants to know whether she should change to other types of COC. kingrajiah https://padlet.com/kingrajiah/wgdmvxltlsgt/wish/71628279 2015-09-23 01:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kingrajiah/wgdmvxltlsgt/wish/71628279 Marvelon is a COC that contains 150mcg Desogestrel and 30mcg Ethinyl estradiol. https://padlet.com/kingrajiah/wgdmvxltlsgt/wish/195466317 2017-10-10 07:15:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kingrajiah/wgdmvxltlsgt/wish/195466317 https://padlet.com/kingrajiah/wgdmvxltlsgt/wish/195466557 Non-pharmacological treatment to reduce her weight: modify her eating habits and exercise at least 3 times per week. 

]]> 2017-10-10 07:16:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kingrajiah/wgdmvxltlsgt/wish/195466557 https://padlet.com/kingrajiah/wgdmvxltlsgt/wish/195467176 The weight gain of the female customer may be due to the ethinyl estradiol. Hence, another COC with an lower dose of ethinyl estradiol can be suggested to the customer in order to minimize her weight gain. 

]]> 2017-10-10 07:18:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kingrajiah/wgdmvxltlsgt/wish/195467176 https://padlet.com/kingrajiah/wgdmvxltlsgt/wish/195473383 we can suggest Mercilon which have a lower dose of ethinyl estradiol which this contains only 20mcg of ethinyl estradiol and 150mcg desogestrel.

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