Country: Ireland
Language: English
Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)
DYDROGESTERONE
BGP Products Ltd
G03DB01
DYDROGESTERONE
10 Milligram
Film Coated Tablet
Oral use
42 or 60 blister packed tablets
Product subject to prescription which may not be renewed (A)
Abbott Biologicals B.V.
Urinary system and sex hormones
Pregnadien derivatives
In the management of conditions associated with progesterone insufficiency: dysmenorrhoea, endometriosis, infertility, irregular menstrual cycles and pre-menstrual syndrome. The drug may be used with an estrogen in the management of dysfunctional bleeding or secondary amenorrhoea, or in association with estrogen in hormone replacement therapy.
Authorised
2015-03-27
Package Leaflet: Information for the user DUPHASTON ® 10MG FILM-COATED TABLETS dydrogesterone Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start taking this medicine because it contains important information for you. • Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again. • If you have any further questions, ask your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. • This medicine has been prescribed for you only. Do not pass it on to others. It may harm them, even if their signs of illness are the same as yours. • If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. This includes any side effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4. What is in this leaflet: 1 What Duphaston is and what it is used for 2 What you need to know before you take Duphaston 3 How to take Duphaston 4 Possible side effects 5 How to store Duphaston 6 Contents of the pack and other information 1. What Duphaston is and what it is used for WHAT DUPHASTON IS Duphaston contains a medicine called “dydrogesterone”. Dydrogesterone is a man-made hormone. It is very similar to the hormone “progesterone” made by your body. Medicines like Duphaston are called “progestogens” WHAT DUPHASTON IS USED FOR Duphaston can be used alone or with an estrogen. Whether you take an estrogen as well, depends on what you are taking the medicine for. DUPHASTON IS USED: FOR PROBLEMS YOU MAY GET WHEN YOUR BODY DOES NOT PRODUCE ENOUGH PROGESTERONE: to relieve painful periods to relieve the symptoms of endometriosis (a problem caused by growth of the womb lining outside the womb) to treat infertility due to low level of progesterone to control irregular periods (that come at the wrong time or not at all) to relieve the Read the complete document
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT Duphaston 10 mg film-coated tablets 2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Each film coated tablet contains 10 mg Dydrogesterone. Excipients: each tablet contains 111.1 mg of lactose monohydrate. For a full list of excipients see section 6.1. 3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Film coated tablet A round, biconvex, scored, white film-coated tablet, one side with inscription ‘155’ on either side of the score. The score line is only to facilitate breaking for ease of swallowing and not to divide into equal doses. 4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS In the management of conditions associated with progesterone insufficiency: dysmenorrhoea, endometriosis, infertility, irregular menstrual cycles and pre-menstrual syndrome. The drug may be used with an estrogen in the management of dysfunctional bleeding or secondary amenorrhoea, or in association with estrogen in hormone replacement therapy. 4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION Dosages, treatment schedule and duration of treatment may be adapted to the severity of the dysfunction and the clinical response. Dysfunctional uterine bleeding: When treatment is started to arrest a bleeding episode Duphaston 10 mg b.d.(twice a day) for five to seven days. For continuous treatment Duphaston 10 mg b.d. from day 11 to day 25 of the cycle. Withdrawal bleeding occurs if the endometrium has been adequately primed with either endogenous or exogenous estrogen. Secondary amenorrhoea: Duphaston 10 mg b.d. from day 11 to 25 to produce an optimum secretory transformation of an endometrium that has been adequately primed with either endogenous or exogenous estrogen. Pre-menstrual syndrome: Duphaston 10 mg b.d. from day 12 to 26 of the cycle. The dosage may be increased if Read the complete document