Hana is a progestogen-only contraception pill that works to prevent pregnancy. When used correctly, it can be up to 99% effective. Hana contains 75 micrograms of desogestrel, a type of progestogen, in every tablet. This form of birth control is also known as a progestogen-only pill (POP), and you may know it better as the ‘mini pill’.

Previously available on prescription only, desogestrel is the active ingredient in Hana. This desogestrel contraceptive pill works to prevent pregnancy by stopping an egg from being released, also known as ovulation. Desogestrel also thickens the cervical mucus, making it harder for sperm to travel through to the uterus.

Directions

Tablets must be taken every day at about the same time so that the interval between two tablets always is 24 hours. The first tablet should be taken on the first day of menstrual bleeding. Thereafter one tablet each day is to be taken continuously, without taking any notice of possible bleeding. A new blister is started directly the day after the previous one.

Ingredients

Each film-coated tablet contains 75 microgram Desogestrel.

The other ingredients are Alpha-tocopherol; Maize Starch; Povidone; Stearic Acid; Hypromellose; Macrogol 400; Titanium Dioxide (E 171); Lactose Monohydrate.