What DUPHASTON 10MG is used for?
- DUPHASTON 10MG is used to treat problems which you may get when your body is not making enough of its own progestogen hormone
Talk to your doctor before taking DUPHASTON 10MG, if you:
- are allergic to any of the other ingredients of this medicine
- have a tumour
- have irregular or unusually heavy periods
- have depression
- have liver problems
- have a rare blood problem passed down in families (inherited) called porphyria
- get unexpected vaginal bleeding or spotting
- Talk to your doctor before taking DUPHASTON 10MG if you are pregnant or breast feeding or planning to be become pregnant
- DUPHASTON 10MG is not for use in children and adolescents before their first menstrual bleeding
- You may feel slightly sleepy or dizzy after taking DUPHASTON 10MG which is more likely in the first few hours after taking it
- If this happens, do not drive or use any tools or machines
Tell your doctor if you are taking medicines such as,
- phenytoin or carbamazepine for fits (epilepsy)
- rifampicin, rifabutin for infection
- ritonavir or nelfinavir for HIV infection (AIDS)
- Always take DUPHASTON 10MG exactly as your doctor has told you
- Your doctor will adjust the dose to suit you
- Swallow the tablet with water
- If you must take more than one tablet, spread them evenly over the day. For example, take one tablet in the morning and one in the evening
How much to take
- The number of tablets you take and the days you take them on will depend on what you are being treated for
- If you are still having natural periods, day 1 of your cycle is when you start bleeding
- If you are not having natural periods, your doctor will decide with you when to start day 1 of the cycle and when to start taking your tablets
To relieve the symptoms of pre-menstrual syndrome
- Take 2 tablets a day
- Do this from the second half of your cycle until the first day of your next cycle
- The starting day and number of days you take your tablets for will depend on the length of your cycle
- Your doctor may decide to give you a higher dose
To relieve the symptoms of endometriosis
- Take 1 to 3 tablets a day. You will either be asked to take your tablets
- On every day of your cycle or only on cycle days 5 to 25
To treat infertility due to low levels of progesterone
- Take 1 or 2 tablets a day
- Do this from the second half of your cycle until the first day of your next cycle
- The starting day and number of days you take your tablets for will depend on the length of your cycle
- Continue treatment for at least three cycles in a row
- If you become pregnant, tell your doctor. You may need to take one tablet twice a day until you are 20 weeks pregnant. After that, you may be asked to take the tablets less often
For irregular periods
- Take 1 or 2 tablets a day
- Do this from the second half of your cycle until the first day of your next cycle
- The starting day and number of days you take your tablets for will depend on the length of your cycle.
To re-start periods that have stopped before the menopause
- Take 1 or 2 tablets a day
- Do this for fourteen days during the second half of your expected cycle
- For menstrual bleeding that is unusually heavy or happens between periods
When treatment is started to stop bleeding:
- Take 2 or 3 tablets a day for up to ten days
For continuous treatment:
- Take 1 or 2 tablets a day
- Do this during the second half of your cycle
- The starting day and number of days you take your tablets for will depend on the length of your cycle
To relieve painful periods
- Cycle days 5 to 25: Take 1 or 2 tablets a day
For hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
- If you are on ‘sequential’ HRT (you take an estrogen tablet or use a patch for your whole cycle)
- Take 1 tablet a day
- Do this for the last fourteen days of every twentyeight day cycle
- If you are on ‘cyclic’ HRT (you take an estrogen tablet or use a patch usually for 21 days, followed by a treatment-free interval of 7 days)
- Take 1 tablet a day
- Do this for the last twelve to fourteen days of the estrogen therapy
- If necessary, your doctor may increase your dose to 2 tablets a day
If you take more DUPHASTON 10MG
- If you take too many DUPHASTON 10MG, contact your doctor immediately
If you forget to take DUPHASTON 10MG
- If you forget to take today’s tablet and it is less than 12 hours late, take it as soon as you remember. Take the next day’s tablet at the normal time
- If it is more than 12 hours since you should have taken your tablet, miss this tablet out
- Take the next day’s tablet at the usual time and continue taking your tablets as normal
- Do not take a double dose to make up for a forgotten dose
- If you miss a tablet, it is more likely that you will have irregular bleeds or spotting
If you stop taking DUPHASTON 10MG
- Do not stop taking DUPHASTON 10MG without talking to your doctor first
- pain in your chest that spreads to your arm or neck since could be a sign of heart disease
- unexplained headache or migraine which may be an early warning sign of a stroke
- painful swelling in your leg, sudden chest pain or have difficulty in breathing
- swelling of the skin around the face and throat which may cause difficulty breathing (angioedema)
- liver problems - the signs may include yellowing of the skin or eyes (jaundice), feeling generally unwell with abdominal pain or other liver related changes
- allergic reactions - the signs may include difficulty breathing or reactions involving the whole body such as feeling sick, being sick, diarrhoea or low blood pressure
- dimpling of the skin in your breast, changes in the nipple or lumps which you can see or feel
- ovarian or endometrial cancer
- headache
- migraine
- nausea
- breast pain or tender breasts
- painful, heavy or irregular periods
- no periods or periods happening less often than normal
- weight gain
- rash, severe itching or hives
- feeling depressed
- feeling dizzy
- vomiting
- low levels of red blood cells (haemolytic anaemia)
- your body holding onto more water than usual (fluid retention)
- swelling of the breasts
- feeling sleepy
- increase in the size of tumours affected by progestogens
- Keep this medicine out of reach of children
- Do not use this medicine after the expiry date
- Store at room temperature (15-25ºC)
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