Overall aim of this training guide
To support you in conducting effective, patient-specific, clinical consultations on contraception, and enable you to appropriately supply Lovima 75 microgram film-coated tablets (desogestrel) now available without prescription from pharmacies to women who are eligible.
Learning objectives
- To understand how the pharmacy's role in supporting women in making informed choices about their fertility control.
- To understand how to carry out patient- appropriate consultations in relation to contraception requirements and considerate questioning of all matters relating to pregnancy.
- To gain an understanding of how contraception works and the available forms of contraception, including Lovima 75 microgram film-coated tablets.
- To become confident in recommending Lovima 75 microgram film-coated tablets appropriately to suitable women, and to know when a referral to the doctor is needed.
Lovima 75 microgram film-coated tablets
Lovima 75 microgram film-coated tablets (desogestrel) are a daily oral contraceptive pill now available without prescription from pharmacies. The tablets contain desogestrel, which is the most prescribed progestogen-only contraceptive tablet and has been shown to be 99% effective at preventing pregnancy when used optimally.
Desogestrel 75 microgram film-coated tablets, under the brand name Lovima, have been reclassified as a Pharmacy Only (P) medicine for use as a daily oral hormonal contraceptive in women of child-bearing age to be supplied under the supervision of a pharmacist.
