title: Is [symbol: see text] Yasmin a "truly different" pill?
abstract: A combined oral contraceptive (COC) containing the progestogen drospirenone (pronounced dro-spi-re-known) plus the oestrogen ethinylestradiol ([symbol: see text] Yasmin--Schering Health Care) is now available in the UK. Company advertising claims that Yasmin is "truly different", as reliable and safe as other COCs and is "the pill for well-being", with "no associated weight gain" and "a demonstrable positive effect" on premenstrual symptoms and skin condition. Such claims have also appeared in the lay media. Are they justified?
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000736:Androstenes; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D003277:Contraceptives, Oral, Combined; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000451:Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists; D045167:Progesterone Congeners; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
chemical_list: D000736:Androstenes; D003277:Contraceptives, Oral, Combined; D000451:Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists; D045167:Progesterone Congeners; C035144:drospirenone