Show Off Your Sense Of Style (NAPSA)—These days, style and fashion are incorporated into everything—including how women carry their birth controlpills. “Stylish pill compacts have become a popular and useful accessory for many women,” said Glamour Editor Joseph Berean. Even fashion designer Nicole Miller is at the forefront of this trend, having created three unique designs for the ORTHO PERSONAL Pak” Tablet Dispenser. “Women want to incorporate style into all elementsof their lives, especially when it comes to carrying their most intimate items, such as birth controlpills,” says Miller. The ORTHO PERSONAL PaK provides stylish and discreet packaging for women who take ORTHO TrI-CYCLEN Lo (norgestimate/ ethinyl estradiol), a birth control pill that gives womena high level of effectiveness, and a low level of hormones, by Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. The newest addition to the ORTHO PERSONAL Pak family of compactsis the first-ever consumer design, “Expressions.” Created by Danielle Hughes of Billings, Montana, “Expressions”reflects today’s modern woman, one whois confi- dent, intelligent, beautiful and unique. A panel of fashion experts, including designer Miller, selected “Expressions” from more than 200 entries in the ORTHO PERSONAL PAK Design-A-Pak contest, held late last year. Whether you prefer Hughes’ design or any of the other eight— Jewel, Red High Heels, Zebra Kiss, Leopard Print, Fuchsia Daisy, Onyx and Lapis—the stylishly discreet ORTHO PERSONAL PAKis attractive and practical. Each ORTHO PERSONAL PAKis refillable and reusable by adding a newringof prescription ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN Lo. You can view the contest finalists along with the entire ORTHO PERSONAL PAK line and order your own by visiting www.personal pak.com. “Expressions”is the first con- sumer-designed compact in the ORTHO PERSONAL Pak family of stylish and discreet birth control pill compacts. Oral contraceptive are not for everybody. Most side effects of the Pill are not serious and those that are, occur infrequently. Serious risks, which can be life threatening, include blood clots, stroke. and heart attacks, and are increasedif you smokecigarettes. Cigarette increases ous cardiovascular side effects, who use oral contraceptives are strongly advised not to smoke. Some studies have reported an increase in the risk of developing breast cancer among women who use oral contraceptives. However, the majority of studies have found no overall increasein this risk. You should talk to you doctor or health care professional about how this risk relates to your use of the Pill. Some women should not use the Pill, including women who have blood clots, certain cancers, a history of heart attack or stroke, as well as those who are or may be pregnant. The Pill does not protect against HIV or sexually transmitted diseases. For full U.S. Prescribing Information, visit www.orthotrilen! m, www.personal pak.com or www.orthowom enshealth.com.
