The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
				
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   			ISSUE 1133
June 24, 2002
                			
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				Yasmin -- an Oral Contraceptive With a New Progestin
June 24, 2002 (Issue: 1133)
				An oral contraceptive (Yasmin -  Berlex) containing 3 mg of drospirenone and 30 mcg of ethinyl estradiol is being promoted as having a low incidence of adverse effects.
        			
        			
				
				
        			
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