Mircette 28 Day Oral Contraceptives

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Organon Inc.
Description (Brief)
The popularity of “the Pill” created a new market for pharmaceutical companies. For the first time, healthy women would be taking medication for an extended period of time. Pill manufacturers developed unique packaging in order to distinguish their product from those of their competitors and build brand loyalty. Packaging design often incorporated a “memory aid” to assist women in tracking their daily pill regimen, as well as styled cases to allow pills to be discreetly carried in bags and purses. The National Museum of American History’s Division of Medicine and Science’s collection of oral contraceptives illustrates some of the changes that the packaging and marketing of the Pill underwent from its inception in 1960 to the present.
Organon International of Oss, Holland, produced this Mircette oral contraceptive at their American subsidiary in West Orange, New Jersey, around 2003. The yellow foil wrapper contains a professional sample consisting of a 28-day monthly regimen of pills, including seven inert pills. Many companies included a fourth week of inert pills so women could maintain their routine of taking a daily pill.
Location
Currently not on view
ca 2003
ID Number
2004.3030.37
nonaccession number
2004.3030
catalog number
2004.3030.37
Object Name
contraceptive, oral
Physical Description
desogestrel, 0.15mg and ethinyl estradiol, 0.02 mg (drug active ingredients)
ethinyl estradiol, 0.01mg (drug active ingredients)
Measurements
overall: 13 cm x 6.5 cm x .9 cm; 5 1/8 in x 2 9/16 in x 3/8 in
overall: 3/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 5 in; .9525 cm x 6.6675 cm x 12.7 cm
place made
United States: New Jersey, West Orange
Ireland: Fingal, Swords
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Health & Medicine
Birth Control
National Museum of American History
Subject
Birth Control/Contraception
Women's Health
Record ID
nmah_1379204
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-1791-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Mircette 28 Day Regimen
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