This medication is used for treating irregular and abnormal duration of menstruation. It is also used for preventing abortions in women with history of repeated abortions.
dydrogesterone
Dydrogesterone uses include treatment and managment of dysmenorrhea (menstrual cramps), habitual and threatened abortion, endometriosis (a painful disorder of the uterus), infertility due to inadequate luteal phase (fertility disorder), premenstrual syndrome, used along with oestrogen in replacement therapy.
Contradications
Dydrogesterone should not be used by patients who have a history of liver tumours, with genital or breast cancer (unless used for the management of these conditions), severe arterial diseases, undiagnosed vaginal bleeding, acute porphyria (metabolic disorder). Progestogens should not be used if there is a history during pregnancy of idiopathic jaundice, severe pruritis (unusual itch on the skin), or pemphigoid gestations (autoimmune disorder).
Side effects
Dydrogesterone side effects include menstrual disturbances, premenstrual-like syndrome (including bloating, fluid retention, breast tenderness), weight change, nausea, headache, dizziness, insomnia, drowsiness, depression, change in libido; also skin reactions (including urticaria, pruritis, rash, and acne), hirsutism (unwanted hair growth in women) and alopecia (unusual hair growth) or jaundice.
FAQs
Indications:
Storage:
Please store the tablet form of this medicine at room temperature (18-25 Celsius). Keep medicine away from children, and excessive light and moisture. Please read the leaflet provided with the medicine for further storage guidance.
Precautions:
Please use cautiously in patients at risk of fluid retention/swelling (e.g. epilepsy), with heart impairment, high blood pressure, asthma, and diabetes.
Effects on pregnancy and lactation:
The effects are undetermined; therefore, caution is advised.
Side Effects:
Menstrual disturbances, weight changes, dizziness, insomnia, depression, drowsiness, and abnormal body hair growth.
Administration:
This medicine is mostly taken orally (through mouth). The dosage is dependent on the age, condition and its severity. Please consult your doctor before
Contraindications:
Liver tumor, breast and genital cancers, undiagnosed vaginal bleeding, pregnancy.
Medicines containing dydrogesterone
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