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21 tablets, then a 7 day break. One pack covers 28 days.

Daily contraceptive pill ยท Yasmin

Yasmin pill in Malaysia

Drospirenone 3mg with ethinylestradiol 0.03mg ยท 21 tablets ยท one month

Yasmin is a daily contraceptive pill from Bayer, and the original of the two pills in its family. You take one tablet a day for 21 days, then have 7 days without tablets before starting the next pack.

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One pack is 21 tablets plus a 7 day break, which covers 28 days.

Delivery: Within 2 to 24 hours, nationwide. Discreet, unbranded packaging.

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Yasmin is a prescription-only medicine in Malaysia. Speak with our licensed doctor online for RM1 to find out if it suits you.

A doctor reviews your health history before any pill is dispensed.

  • Delivery within 2 to 24 hours, nationwide
  • Discreet, unbranded packaging
  • Bayer original, NPRA registered
  • NPRA registered
  • Bayer original
  • Doctor reviewed before dispensing
  • Delivery in 2 to 24 hours
  • Female doctors for RM1
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What is the Yasmin pill?

Yasmin is a combined contraceptive pill made by Bayer. Each tablet contains two hormones: drospirenone, a progestogen, and ethinylestradiol, an oestrogen. Together they stop an egg being released each month and thicken the mucus at the neck of the womb, helping to prevent pregnancy.

It is a well established combined contraceptive pill. The Malaysian pack holds 21 tablets, and every one of them is active. After the twenty-first tablet you have 7 days with no tablets at all, then start a fresh pack on the eighth day.

It is a prescription-only medicine in Malaysia, so a doctor assesses whether it suits you before it can be dispensed. It does not protect against sexually transmitted infections, so condoms still matter for that.

Yasmin pill at a glance

Type
Combined oral contraceptive
Progestogen
Drospirenone 3mg
Oestrogen
Ethinylestradiol 0.03mg
Pack
21 tablets, all active
Routine
21 days on, 7 days off
Covers
28 days
Maker
Bayer
Classification
Prescription only
MAL
MAL20040023ARZ

The 7 day break, and why the restart day matters

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Your withdrawal bleed usually arrives during the break, often two or three days in. It may be lighter and shorter than a period off the pill.

The break is genuinely tablet-free, so there is a restart date to keep track of. The most common slip with a 21 day pack is starting the next pack late. That is why many people set a recurring reminder for the restart day, not just for the daily tablet.

Start the new pack on the eighth day even if you are still bleeding. If you follow the pack correctly, you stay protected through the break.

Some people prefer a real week off and find it a clearer rhythm than taking something every single day. That is a personal preference, not a medical advantage.

Taking Yasmin day to day

01

Same time each day, for 21 days

Take one tablet a day in the order printed on the pack, with or without food. Pick a fixed anchor such as after dinner, and set an alarm for the first few months.

02

Then 7 days off, then restart

Take no tablets for 7 days, then start the next pack on the eighth day, even if you are still bleeding. A second reminder for the restart day is worth setting.

03

If you miss a tablet

What to do depends on which tablet you missed and how late you are. A missed tablet next to the break week needs different handling from one in the middle of the pack. Do not guess. Check the leaflet, speak to a doctor or pharmacist the same day, and use condoms until you know you are covered.

Vomiting or severe diarrhoea within a few hours of a tablet can mean the dose was not absorbed. Treat it as a missed tablet and check the leaflet or ask a doctor.

Yasmin price in Malaysia

The Yasmin pill costs RM57 a month at Hello Doktor. One pack of 21 tablets plus the 7 day break covers 28 days, so the pack price is the monthly cost.

Yasmin pill price by supply
MonthsPacksPriceWasChoose
11RM57RM79
22RM114RM158
33RM171RM237
66RM342RM474

Price is for the medicine. The doctor consultation is RM1.

Looking at the other pill in this family as well? Compare drospirenone options

Who the Yasmin pill suits, and who should check first

Yasmin may suit you if

  • You want contraception you take daily rather than something you think about each time you have sex
  • You would rather have a clear week off than take a tablet every day of the month
  • You and your doctor have agreed a combined pill is right for you

Tell your doctor before starting Yasmin if you

  • Have had a blood clot in a leg or lung, a stroke or a heart attack
  • Have a known clotting disorder, or a close family member who had a clot young
  • Smoke and are over 35
  • Get migraine with aura
  • Have high blood pressure, diabetes with complications, or kidney, liver or adrenal problems
  • Take a potassium-sparing medicine such as spironolactone, an ACE inhibitor, an angiotensin receptor blocker, or regular anti-inflammatory painkillers
  • Take medicines that can make the pill work less well, such as some epilepsy, HIV or tuberculosis medicines, or St John's wort
  • Have had breast cancer
  • Have a rare inherited problem with lactose or galactose, since each tablet contains lactose
  • Are pregnant, think you might be, or have given birth in the last 6 weeks

Drospirenone can raise potassium, which is why the kidney and medicine questions matter. A doctor may want a blood test before or after you start.

Yasmin pill safety and side effects

Blood clot risk

Malaysia's National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) has told healthcare professionals about the risk of blood clots with combined pills that contain drospirenone, and Yasmin is one of the products it named. Studies found this risk higher than with pills containing levonorgestrel, and about the same as with pills containing desogestrel or gestodene. For most people on any combined pill the risk stays low, but it is not zero, so a doctor checks your own history before prescribing.

Read more about drospirenone safety

Common side effects

  • Headache
  • Breast tenderness
  • Nausea
  • Mood changes
  • Spotting between periods in the first few months
  • Changes to your bleeding pattern

Most of these settle within the first three months.

Get medical help the same day if you have

  • Pain or swelling in one leg
  • Sudden breathlessness or chest pain
  • Coughing up blood
  • A sudden severe headache, weakness or numbness on one side, or trouble speaking
  • Sudden loss of vision
  • Yellowing of the skin or eyes

Report side effects to your doctor or through the NPRA ConSERF reporting system.

Getting Yasmin in Malaysia

  1. Speak to a doctor for RM1

    A short online consultation covering your history, blood pressure, migraines, smoking and any medicines you take.

  2. Prescription issued if suitable

    The doctor confirms Yasmin fits you, or suggests a different method.

  3. Discreet delivery

    Within 2 to 24 hours, nationwide, in plain, unbranded packaging.

  4. Refills and review

    When you are running low, reorder before your break week ends and a doctor checks in with you, so your next pack is ready for the restart day.

How to know your Yasmin pill is genuine

Every pack from Hello Doktor is supplied by a licensed Malaysian pharmacy.

You can check any MAL number yourself on NPRA Quest3+.

  • MAL number on the carton
  • Meditag hologram
  • 21 light yellow tablets, all identical

If a pack sold as Yasmin contains tablets of two different colours, it is a pack made for another market. Check with a pharmacist before taking it.

Pil perancang Yasmin: panduan ringkas

Pil perancang Yasmin ialah pil gabungan keluaran Bayer yang dimakan sebiji sehari. Satu pek ada 21 biji, dan semuanya aktif. Selepas biji terakhir, anda berehat 7 hari tanpa makan apa-apa pil. Pada hari kelapan, terus buka pek baharu, walaupun haid masih belum habis.

Ramai yang suka rutin ini kerana ada minggu rehat yang jelas. Cuma, tarikh mula pek baharu mudah terlepas, jadi pasang peringatan di telefon untuk hari tersebut.

Di Malaysia, Yasmin hanya boleh didapati dengan preskripsi doktor. Sebelum mula, beritahu doktor jika anda merokok dan berumur lebih 35 tahun, pernah mengalami darah beku, ada migrain dengan aura, tekanan darah tinggi, atau sedang mengambil ubat lain.

Harga pil Yasmin di Hello Doktor ialah RM57 sebulan untuk satu pek. Pil dihantar dalam bungkusan biasa tanpa jenama, dalam 2 hingga 24 jam ke seluruh Malaysia.

Other contraception options

  • Yaz

    The other drospirenone pill, with a tablet every day and no break week.

  • Marvelon and Mercilon

    Combined pills containing desogestrel.

  • Evra

    A weekly patch instead of a daily tablet.

Compare drospirenone options

Yasmin pill specifications

Product
Yasmin Tablet 21s
Type
Combined oral contraceptive
Progestogen
Drospirenone 3mg per tablet
Oestrogen
Ethinylestradiol 0.03mg per tablet
Tablets per pack
21, all active
Inactive tablets
None in the Malaysian pack
Tablet
Light yellow, round, film-coated
Contains
Lactose
Days covered
28, with a 7 day tablet-free break
Route
Oral
Manufacturer
Bayer
MAL registration number
MAL20040023ARZ
Classification
Prescription only

Yasmin pill questions, answered

About the Yasmin pill

The Yasmin pill is used to prevent pregnancy. It is a combined pill with a progestogen and an oestrogen in every tablet, taken once a day for 21 days followed by a 7 day break. In Malaysia it is prescription only, so a doctor checks it suits you first.

Both contain drospirenone, but the routine and oestrogen dose differ. Yasmin has 21 tablets with 30 micrograms of ethinylestradiol, followed by a 7 day break. Yaz is taken every day of the month with 20 micrograms. Neither is simply better. Your doctor can help you choose.

Price and getting it

The Yasmin pill costs RM57 a month at Hello Doktor, for one pack of 21 tablets that covers 28 days. More months multiply that price, for example RM171 for three months. The doctor consultation is RM1.

Yes. Yasmin is a prescription-only medicine, so a doctor must assess you before it can be dispensed. You can speak with one of our licensed doctors online for RM1. If Yasmin is not right for you, the doctor can suggest another method.

Taking it

The right step depends on which tablet you missed and how late you are, and tablets missed near the break matter most. Read the leaflet, speak to a doctor or pharmacist the same day, and use condoms until you know you are covered.

Side effects and stopping

Still unsure? Ask us on WhatsApp.

More reading on contraception

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Feedback reflects service experience. Not medical advice. Individual results may vary.

See if the Yasmin pill is a good fit

A female doctor can go through your history and confirm whether Yasmin suits you, for RM1.

Sources and references

  1. NPRA Malaysia, drug safety advisory on drospirenone-containing oral contraceptives
  2. NPRA Malaysia, product registration record for Yasmin (Quest3+)
  3. Bayer Malaysia, manufacturer of Yasmin
  4. MIMS Malaysia, ethinylestradiol and drospirenone
  5. Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH), Combined Hormonal Contraception guideline
  6. World Health Organization, Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use

Reviewed by a doctor and updated when the product information or regulatory guidance changes.

This page is for general information and does not replace advice from a doctor. Yasmin is a prescription-only medicine and is dispensed only after a doctor has assessed you.

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