The system, to be established by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA)(1), will be based on technology used in the new Web-based Central Registration Depository (CRD) coming on line later this month.
Minivelle is currently the smallest estrogen patch available at 2.48cm 2 per patch (about 34% smaller than Vivelle-Dot). Minivelle contains bioidentical estradiol, a plant-based estrogen that is chemically identical to the estrogen produced naturally by a woman's body.
What is the minipill? The progestin-only birth control pill, commonly called the minipill, is an oral contraceptive. Each pill contains a small amount of progestin, the synthetic form of the hormone progesterone. The pills come in packs of 28, and you take one pill every day so that you're getting a steady dose of the hormone.