Combination birth control pills contain both estrogen and progestin. They're designed to work by inhibiting reproductive hormone production, ultimately preventing ovulation and pregnancy.1 These pills may also alter the endometrial lining, cervical mucus, fertilization, transport of an egg, or even preve...
Lasix(furosemide) was one of the first diuretics or water pills, vital to the treatment of hypertension and heart failure. Leslie Z. Benet, PhD, the first president of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS),saysit made a a radical difference in the treatment of heart dis...
Biphasic birth control pills deliver the same amount of estrogen every day for the first 21 days of the cycle. During the second half of the cycle, the progestin/estrogen ratio is higher to allow the normal shedding of the lining of the uterus to occur. Triphasic birth control pills have c...