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Oral Contraceptives Screenshots

iPhone

About Oral Contraceptives

The Oral Contraceptives app features a database of over 200 FDA-approved name brand and generic oral contraceptives available in the United States.

The app includes a browsable index of birth control pills that allows physicians, nurses and family planning professionals to quickly reference essential drug information and identify equivalent alternative brands. Physicians can also conveniently filter drugs by estrogen and progestin dosage and find specialized formulations by feature. Need to find all the available estrophasic oral contraceptives? Get info on the only chewable birth control pill? This app makes it easy!

Emergency contraceptives are also covered and a handy contraceptive efficacy chart is also available for reference.

Note that this application is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult with a physician.

What's New in the Latest Version 2.17.0

Last updated on Oct 13, 2022

Old Versions

- Fixing bug that caused persistent filtering on subsequent global searches.
- Drug list updated through September 2022 (based on FDA database).
- Drug images fixed and updated.
- Long discontinued formulations removed (to reduce clutter and confusion).
- Emergency contraceptives list updated as of September 2022.
- General reference links updated and fixed.

Version History

2.17.0

Oct 13, 2022

2.6

May 17, 2016

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

- Search functionality added for the Pill List
- New drugs added to OCP database:
Athentia Next (emergency contraceptive, Plan B One-Step generic)
Bekyree (Mircette generic)
Bilsovi 24 Fe (Loestrin 24 Fe generic)
Bilsovi Fe 1/20 (Loestrin Fe 1/20 generic)
Bilsovi Fe 1.5/30 (Loestrin 1.5/30 generic)
Cyred (Desogen/Ortho-Cept generic)
EContra EZ (emergency contraceptive, Plan B One-Step generic)
Kaitlib Fe (chewable, Generess Fe generic)
Lomedia 24 Fe (Loestrin 24 Fe generic)
Tarina Fe 1/20 (Loestrin Fe 1/20 generic)
Tri-Lo-Estarylla (Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo generic)
- Bug fixes

2.4

Sep 22, 2015

- Performance improvements

2.3

Jul 2, 2015

- Fixed missing data errors for "pill by special feature" listings
- Fixed broken links on pill detail pages for some pill images
- Restored androgenic activity information to progestin list
- Changed ui/layout for estrogen list
- Updated pill data

2.0

Jun 21, 2015

This is a significant update to the Oral Contraceptive Pill Reference (now renamed the Oral Contraceptives app):

- App interface/design significantly updated
- Completely updated oral contraceptive database
- 40+ new FDA-approved pills added
- Emergency contraceptives (e.g. Plan B) now included in the database
- New pill index sorted by FDA approval date
- List of OCP resources for medical professionals added

1.1

Nov 2, 2011

Updated oral contraceptive pill list with 5 additional formulations: Camrese (generic Seasonique), Generess FE (chewable pill), Gildess Fe 1.5/30 (generic Loestrin Fe 1.5/30), Orsythia (generic Alesse), Previfem (generic Ortho-Cyclen).

1.0

Jun 3, 2011

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