Patent ID: 8163721

Claim:
A method for oral contraception in a woman comprising the following monophasic, extended, cyclic regimen: (1) administering to said woman an oral contraceptive, which comprises 20 μg of ethinyl estradiol and 3 mg of drospirenone, daily for a first period of 24 days, and thereafter administering said oral contraceptive daily for a second period of a maximum of 96 days during which (a) said woman initiates a break of 3-6 days in which the oral contraceptive is not administered, or (b) if no such break is initiated within said maximum of 96 days, said woman initiates a break period of 3-6 days at the end of the 96 day period, and (2) after said break period, administering said oral contraceptive with an administration/break pattern in accordance with (1) above, wherein a second period is at least one day long.