Birth Control Pill Brand/Hormone Chart

While reading this chart, it is good to keep in mind that you cannot establish which pills are high or low-dose hormones simply from the figures. Each different progestin (for instance, drospirenone or levonorgestrel) has a different potency level, and so more or less of it could be required to create the same hormonal effect.

This chart will help you determine what type of pill you are on, and whether it is combination or one-hormone, and whether it is multiphasic or monophasic. See our birth control pill page or our glossary if you need these terms explained.

Not every brand of birth control is featured on this chart. This chart contains many of the better known brands. There are, of course, alternatives with the same formulation available. For more information, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

Brand (alphabetized)†	Type	Hormone Dosages‡
Alesse	combination; monophasic	20 µg estrogen 100 µg levonorgestrel
Brevicon	combination; monophasic	35 µg estrogen 500 µg norethindrone
Cyclessa		Estrogen –Desogestrel combination
Demulen	combination; monophasic	35 µg estrogen 1000 µg ethynodiol diacetate
Demulen 1-50	combination; monophasic	50 µg estrogen 1000 µg ethynodiol diacetate
Desogen	combination; monophasic	30 µg estrogen 150 µg desogestrel
Kariva	combination; multiphasic	Estrogen Desogestrel combination
Levlen	combination; monophasic	30 µg estrogen 150 µg levonorgestrel
Levora	combination; monophasic	30 µg estrogen 150 µg levonorgestrel
Loestrin	combination; monophasic	20 µg estrogen 1000 µg norethindrone acetate
Lo-Ovral	combination; monophasic	30 µg estrogen 300 µg norgestrel
Micronor	progestin-only; monophasic	350 µg norethindrone
Minulet	combination; monophasic	30 µg estrogen 75 µg gestodene
Mircette	combination; multiphasic	Estrogen -Desogestrel combination
Modicon	combination; monophasic	35 µg estrogen 500 µg norethindrone
Necon	combination; monophasic	35 µg estrogen 1000 µg norethindrone
Necon 1-50	combination; monophasic	35 µg estrogen 1000 µg norethindrone
Norethin	combination; monophasic	35 µg estrogen 1000 µg norethindrone
Nordette	combination; monophasic	30 µg estrogen 150 µg levonorgestrel
Norinyl	combination; monophasic	35 µg estrogen 1000 µg norethindrone
Norinyl 1/50	combination; monophasic	35 µg estrogen 1000 µg norethindrone
Nor-QD	progestin-only; monophasic	350 µg norethindrone
Ortho-Cept	combination; monophasic	30 µg estrogen 150 µg desogestrel
Ortho-Cyclene	combination; monophasic	35 µg estrogen 250 µg norgestimate
Ortho-Novum 1/35	combination; monophasic	35 µg estrogen 1000 µg norethindrone
Ortho-Novum 1/50	combination; monophasic	35 µg estrogen 1000 µg norethindrone
Ortho-Novum 7-7-7	combination; multiphasic	estrogen Norethindrone combination
Ortho-Novum 10/11	combination; multiphasic	estrogen Norethindrone combination
Ovcon-35	combination; monophasic	35 µg estrogen 400 µg norethindrone
Ovcon-50	combination; monophasic	50 µg estrogen 400 µg-1000 µg norethindrone
Ovral	combination; monophasic	50 µg estrogen 500 µg norgestrel
Velivet		Estrogen -Desogestrel combination
Yasmin	combination; monophasic	30 µg estrogen 3000 µg drospirenone
Zovia	combination; monophasic	35 µg estrogen 1000 µg ethynodiol diacetate
Zovia 1-50	combination; monophasic	50 µg estrogen 1000 µg ethynodiol diacetate

†note: these brands are North American. Europe and the UK may have different brand names. Ask your doctor for more information.