How are Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella birth control pills different from each other?
Although Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella use the same two hormones (ethinyl estradiol and drospirenone), Yaz contains slightly less estrogen than Yasmin and Ocella. Yaz contains 3 mg of drospirenone and 0.02 mg of ethinyl estradiol, whereas Yasmin and Ocella contain 3 mg of the progestin hormone drospirenone and 0.03 mg of the estrogen hormone ethinyl estradiol. Bayer Pharmaceuticals manufactures Yaz and Yasmin, while Ocella is the generic version of Yasmin sold by Teva Pharmaceuticals.
