Introduction
As part of your anaesthetic, medicines may be given to relax your muscles. These medicines give the surgeon the best conditions for operating. They also give the anaesthetist the ability to take care of your breathing under anaesthesia.
At the end of your operation, the action of these medicines needs to be reversed before you wake up. One of these ‘reversal’ medicines which you have been given today is called Sugammadex (or sometimes it can be referred to as Bridion®). The drug Sugammadex may interact with your contraception due to its effect on the hormone progesterone.
This may temporarily increase the risk of pregnancy.
If you take the following oral contraceptive pill
• The combined oral contraceptive ‘pill’ (eg. Yasmin, Rigevidon, Lucette and Microgynon)
• The progesterone only contraceptive ‘mini-pill’ (eg. Cerazette, Aizea, Cerelle and Feanolla)
If you have taken your pill this morning and have been given Sugammadex, it is the equivalent to one missed pill. Please follow the missed pill advice in the package leaflet of the oral contraceptive. You must also use a non-hormonal barrier method such as condoms for the next 7 days.
If you use any other hormonal contraceptive
• Contraceptive implant
• Hormonal Intra-Uterine System (IUS) (eg. Mirena, Jaydess, Levosert, Liletta, or Kyleena)
• The contraceptive injection (Depo-Provera, Sayana Press or Noristerat)
• The contraceptive patch (EVRA)
• Vaginal ring
You must use a non-hormonal barrier method of contraception for the next 7 days. Please follow the advice in the package leaflet of the contraceptive product.
