Historical information

Low dose oral contraceptive.

Physical description

Box of medication with associated information booklet. Box is white, and front of box is printed with a warning label and the text 'Tri-Minulet/STARTER PACK/TWENTY EIGHT/ONE MONTH PACK 28 TABLETS/DOSAGE: ONE TABLET DAILY AS DIRECTED BY PHYSICIAN. SEE ENCLOSED DIRECTIONS/AUST R 47370'. Back of box is printed with instructions - 'THREE SIMPLE STEPS TO STARTING YOUR FIRST PACK OF TRI-MINULET* 28'. One side of box is printed with ingredients and manufacturer information (Wyeth). End of box is imprinted with a batch number and an expiry date 'MAY 99'. Strip of tablets in the box is printed with the text 'Tri-Minulet/BEGIN IN THE DARK GREEN SECTION'. Tablet strip contains 28 tablets - 7 red tablets, 6 yellow tablets, 5 brown tablets, and 10 white tablets. Abbreviations for days of the week are printed on the tablet strip next to each tablet. Consumer product information is included in the box, printed in black text on white paper. Information booklet is in a small white plastic folder/sleeve. Folder is printed with a logo in the shape of a 'T' and the text 'TRI-MINULET/(gestodene and ethinyloestradiol)'. Folder contains two pockets, each containing a document. One pocket contains background information on Tri-Minulet, printed in green text on green paper. The second pocket contains a booklet entitled 'A/SMALL/BOOK OF/QUESTIONS/AND/ANSWERS/ABOUT/THE 'PILL'. Additional text on cover of this booklet reads 'Prepared by the Family Planning Association of N.S.W./Presented by Wyeth Australia Pty. Limited'.