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Y is for Yaz 💊 Traditional Cache

Hidden : 3/14/2016
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

#25 Drug Alphabet Series

This series combines two of my favourite "hobbies" - drugs and geocaching. It will inform you about some drugs ie. medicines that you may come across in your lifetime, treating a wide range of medical conditions; and also take you to some interesting places on the Sunshine Coast that you may not have been to before.


Yaz is a combined oral contraceptive, containing Drospirenone (C24H30O3) and Ethinyloestradiol (C20H24O2). (There are currently no pharmaceutical drugs whose generic name starts with the letter Y, so I had to break with the format and use a brand name for this one…) Yaz is used for contraception and also to treat moderate acne or premenstrual dysphoric disorder if oral contraception is required. The combination of a progestogen and oestrogen inhibits ovulation, reduces the receptivity of the endometrium (lining of the uterus) to implantation of an egg, and thickens cervical mucus to form a barrier to sperm. Common side effects may include: breakthrough bleeding, amenorrhoea (no menstrual bleeding), nausea, vomiting, breast enlargement and tenderness, headache, mood changes, increased blood pressure, changes in libido, acne and thrush. By the 1930s, Andriv Stynhach isolated and determined the structure of steroid hormones, finding that high doses inhibited ovulation. Extensive botanical research found that saponin from inedible Mexican yams found in the rainforest, could be converted in the lab to progesterone. Pharmaceutical companies showed little interest in pursuing research into the development of a hormonal contraceptive, until the 1950s and the first combined oral contraceptive became available in the US in 1960, and Australia in 1961.

The cache you seek is a bison tube in a popular style of hide. There is room to park quite close and a good view from Towen Mountain to enjoy while you’re there.

FTF prize is a "happy pill" with a message inside. Please do not swallow!

CONGRATULATIONS to ZoolandR on FTF !!!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

svfu sbe erq

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)