Noisetieres Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 HiI am on a regular prescription of Trinovum and would like to know if I can get the same once I move to France. Does anyone know?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battypuss Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Yes, you can it is called Triella here but is the same thing! http://home2.scarlet.be/pin31929/diff.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noisetieres Posted May 3, 2005 Author Share Posted May 3, 2005 That's really useful.Thanks ever so much.Carla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophie.b Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Always worth stocking up before you leave. Doctors here only seem to issue you with three months supply as opposed to the six you usually get in the UK so you have to visit the GP twice as often! Just a thought....:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophie.b Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Always worth stocking up before you leave. Doctors here only seem to issue you with three months supply as opposed to the six you usually get in the UK so you have to visit the GP twice as often! Just a thought.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Sophie b presciptions here can have repeats on them. Many of the things I get have a six month repeat on them............. and I seem to remember that contraception was slightly different to any other prescription, being that one could collect three months pills at a time, whereas, other medicines one can only have a months at a time. And I also seem to remember, but this may be wrong that my pill prescription lasted a year, whereas other prescriptions only lasted six months. As I say I'm not sure about the last bit, but I really cannot remember going to the gyn/ob more than once a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tourangelle Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Teamedup is right. But at least it is free in Britain. I think it is awful that the social security gives back nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cary Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 Any help will be useful. Went to my gp today to get my 1st supply of combined pill here in france. I took the old empty packet of microgynon in and asked if this was available in France. After studying his book he wrote me a prescription and said this was the same as the pill i have been taking. After collecting it from the chemist they do not look the same as the 1st 7 pills are white and the next 14 are a pinky colour. I presume this means i need to treat this new pill as though its a different one and use extra precautions and not treat it as if i am continuing my old one. Maybe he just prescribed the nearest one to it. I got a 6 month prescription but have to collect 3 months now then return to the chemist after the 1st 3 months is up to collect the next 3 months!!! What a performance. By the way the new pill is called "adepal" anyone heard of it or using it?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyn_Paul Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Cary Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question but are you sure there are 14 +7? and not 21+7?The Mycrogynon ED version contains (according to the NetDoctor web site) 21 active tablet and 7 inactive ones so that the patient doesn't have to remember which day she stopped on. I wonder, perhaps, if this is the same sort of thing?Can you decifer the active ingredients on the patient literature leaflet of the Adepal?p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 I am useless with names, but I am pretty sure that I used to take Adepal and it was OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cary Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 definately 7 white and 14 pinky ones. only difference seems to be the 1st 7 white ones have 0.15mg levonorgestrel and the others have 0.20mg. Maybe it isn't the french equivilent of microgynon that i have. Best i just take those 1st 14 days of the new pill with extra precautions, already got 3 children, don't want anymore little ones!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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