TY - JOUR T1 - Is ▼Yasmin a "truly different" pill? JF - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin JO - Drug Ther Bull SP - 57 LP - 59 DO - 10.1136/dtb.2002.40857 VL - 40 IS - 8 A2 - , Y1 - 2002/08/01 UR - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/40/8/57.abstract N2 - Relevant BNF section: 7.3.1A combined oral contraceptive (COC) containing the progestogen drospirenone (pronounced dro-spi-re-known) plus the oestrogen ethinylestradiol (▼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.1 Are they justified? ER -