Question

Oral contraceptive pill for females developed at CDRI Lucknow is
A) Mala-D
B) LNG-20
C) Saheli
D) Mala-A

Answer 1

Hint: Oral contraceptive pills are the medicines taken by mouth to prevent pregnancy. These are hormone based medicines. They are an effective method of birth control.

Complete Answer:
- Contraceptive pills are the pills taken orally to prevent pregnancy. The choice of the pill is made on the basis of menstrual symptoms, breastfeeding, cardiovascular health, chronic conditions or any other medications taking or not.

Types of oral contraceptives are-
- The combination pills are synthetic hormones like estrogen and progestin. The pills are active at the active part of the cycle containing hormones and those used in inactive time are non-hormonal. These pills prevent the body from ovulating.
- Few examples of combination pills are levora, Beyaz etc. Progestin pills contain progestin without estrogen. They are called mini pills. All the pills in the cycle are active. It doesn’t allow implantation, which will prevent a growing pregnancy. Example Camila, Errin.

1) Mala-D – This drug was developed by IDPL. It is used to avoid pregnancy within 72 hours.
2) LNG-20- It is an intrauterine contraceptive method.
3) Saheli- Ormeloxifene was manufactured in CDRI lucknow. It is sold under the brand name Saheli and Choice-7
4) Mala-A- It is not a contraceptive pill.

Thus the correct answer is (c). Saheli was developed by CDRI.

Note: Oral contraceptive pills are an effective way of birth control. Saheli is the world’s first oral non-steroidal contraceptive pill with zero side effects.