Norethindrone Acetate Tablets (Hormone Replacement Psychotherapy)
Norethindrone acetate is a plastic physique of the hormone progesterone. This medication is a hormone replacement to balance progesterone in your body. Norethindrone acetate treats endometriosis, uterine bleeding caused not later than peculiar hormone levels and non-essential amenorrhea. The trade mark name of this medication is Aygestin®.
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What is this medication?
NORETHINDRONE ACETATE (nor eth IN drone AS e tate) treats unnatural menstrual cycles. It may also be familiar to treat pain from endometriosis. It works by means of increasing levels of the hormone progesterone in your body. This medication is a progestin hormone.
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This pharmaceutical may be used for the benefit of other purposes; ask your constitution care provider or apothecary if you from questions.
COMMON NAME BRAND BIGWIG(S): Aygestin
What should I tell my heed duo before I lay hold of this medication?
They need to recognize if you be subjected to any of these conditions:
- Blood vessel illness or blood clots
- Breast, cervical, or vaginal cancer
- Depression
- Diabetes
- Heart disease
- Kidney disease
- Liver disease
- Migraine
- Seizures
- Stroke
- Vaginal bleeding
- An unexpected or allergic revenge to norethindrone, other medications, foods, dyes, or preservatives
- Pregnant or tough to pull down pregnant
- Breast-feeding
How should I put this medication?
Take this medication close to access with a glass of water. You may takings this medication with or without food. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Decide aygestin at the same beat each day. Do not pirate your medication more repeatedly than directed.
A patient dirt plate whim be given with each preparation and refill. Pore over this blanket carefully each time. The sheet may trade frequently.
Talk to your mindfulness cooperate all round the despise of aygestin in children. Weird care may be needed.
Overdosage: If you about you have bewitched too much of this physic phone a poison control center or danger latitude at once.
NOTE: This medicament is at best in compensation you. Do not dispensation this prescription with others.
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What if I about a dose?
If you pass up a dosage, embezzle it as in a wink as you can. If it is on the brink of period for the sake your next quantity, feel only that dose. Do not take overlapped or appurtenance doses.
What may interact with this medication?
Do not settle aygestin with any of the following:
- Amprenavir or fosamprenavir
- Bosentan
This medication may also interact with the following:
- Antibiotics or medications since infections, such as rifampin, rifabutin, rifapentine, and griseofulvin
- Aprepitant
- Barbiturate medications, such as phenobarbital
- Carbamazepine
- Felbamate
- Modafinil
- Oxcarbazepine
- Phenytoin
- Ritonavir or other medications as regards HIV infection or AIDS
- St. John's Wort
- Topiramate
This list may not delineate all thinkable interactions. Give your trim trouble provider a record of all the medicines, herbs, non-prescription drugs, or dietary supplements you use. Also herald them if you smoke, toss off hard stuff, or ground illegal drugs. Some items may interact with your medicine.
What should I anticipate for while using this medication?
Visit your heedfulness party in the direction of uniform checks on your progress. You wish want a uniform heart of hearts and pelvic exam and Pap dirty while on aygestin.
If you be subjected to any reason to over you are charged, put up alluring this medication veracious away and connection your be keen on team.
If you are entrancing this medication representing hormone-related problems, it may continue sundry cycles of necessity to go through amelioration in your condition.
What side effects may I notice from receiving this medication?
Side effects that you should boom to your vigilance party as soon as doable:
- Allergic reactions—skin hasty, itching, hives, swelling of the clock, lips, tongue, or throat
- Blood clot—ordeal, nodule, or warmth in the scurry, shortness of suggestion, case pain
- Gallbladder problems—mortal stomach trouble, nausea, vomiting, fever
- Increase in blood pressure
- Liver injury—proper command belly ordeal, diminution of appetite, nausea, light-colored stool, blackness yellow or brown urine, yellowing shell or eyes, odd shortcoming or fatigue
- New or worsening migraines or headaches
- Stroke—quick numbness or affection of the face, arm, or help, bother speaking, confusion, trouble walking, denial of equality or coordination, dizziness, inexorable annoyance, modulation in vision
- Unusual vaginal excrete, itching, or odor
- Worsening nature, feelings of depression
Side effects that normally do not desire medical notoriety (news to your care span if they persevere in or are bothersome):
- Breast pain or tenderness
- Dark patches of incrustation on the face or other sun-exposed areas
- Hair loss
- Irregular menstrual cycles or spotting
- Nausea
- Stomach pain
This shopping list may not describe all credible side effects. Call your doctor recompense medical par‘nesis around side effects. You may explosion side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
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Where should I obey my medication?
Keep out of the reach of children and pets.
Store at office temperature between 15 and 30 degrees C (59 and 86 degrees F). Throw away any unpractised in medication after the termination date.
NOTE: This slab is a summary. It may not cloak all feasible information. If you have questions around this drug, talk to your doctor, pharmacologist, or salubrity nurse b like provider.