The Northern Sea Route (Russian: Ð¡ÐµÌÐ²ÐµÑÐ½ÑÐ¹ Ð¼Ð¾ÑÑÐºÐ¾ÌÐ¹ Ð¿ÑÑÑ, Severnyy morskoy put, shortened to Ð¡ÐµÐ²Ð¼Ð¾ÑÐ¿ÑÑÑ, Sevmorput) is a shipping route officially defined by Russian legislation as lying east of Novaya Zemlya and specifically running along the Russian Arctic coast from the Kara Sea, along Siberia, to the Bering Strait.
How Does It Work? Sprintec is a combined oral contraceptive. This means that it is a birth control pill that contains two different types of hormones, an estrogen (ethinyl estradiol) and a progestin (norgestimate). Primarily, the hormones in Sprintec prevent pregnancy by stopping ovulation (the maturation and release of eggs from the ovaries).
One of my patients was taking Tri-Sprintec initially for her acne and contraception. It did not give her enough protection, even though she is really good at taking her birth control pills. She requested a Mirena insertion from her ObGyn at Kaiser. Later she had the Mirena inserted at Kaiser while taking Tri-Sprintec. She said she was told by her ObGyn that it is okay to have Mirena while taking Tri-Sprintec. At previous Contraceptive Technology conferences, I did not recall any talking about combined use of birth control pills and the Mirena IUD.