Inclusion Criteria:
- Women at risk of pregnancy and seeking contraception
Exclusion Criteria:
Exclusion criteria based on approved prescribing information in India:
- Presence or history of venous thrombosis, with or without pulmonary embolism.
- Presence or history of arterial thrombosis (e.g. cerebrovascular accident, myocardial infarction) or prodromi of a thrombosis (e.g. angina pectoris or
transient ischemic attack).
- Known predisposition for venous or arterial thrombosis, with or without hereditary involvement such as Activated Protein C (APC) resistance, antithrombin-III deficiency, protein C deficiency, protein S deficiency, hyperhomocysteinemia and antiphospholipid antibodies (anticardiolipin antibodies, lupus anticoagulant).
- History of migraine with focal neurological symptoms.
- Diabetes mellitus with vascular involvement.
- The presence of a severe or multiple risk factor(s) for venous or arterial thrombosis (at the discretion of the doctors)
- Pancreatitis or a history thereof if associated with severe hypertriglyceridemia.
- Presence or history of severe hepatic disease as long as liver function values have not returned to normal.
- Presence or history of liver tumors (benign or malignant).
- Known or suspected malignant conditions of the genital organs or the breasts, if sex steroid-influenced.
- Undiagnosed vaginal bleeding.
- Known or suspected pregnancy.
- Hypersensitivity to the active substances or to any of the excipients of NuvaRing.
- Women who are breast feeding