All the Drug Class Drugs
Estrogen, Progesterone. Estradiol (as Hemihydrate) 3.2 mg, Norethisterone Acetate 11.2 mg. PATCH (transderm.): 8. Applied individ.
without interruption. TDSs should be
applied twice wkly., every three- four
days, to the trunk below the waist.
Hormone replac. therapy (HRT) for the
relief of menopausal sympt.
C/I: Hypersens. Known current/ past or
suspect. breast canc. Known/ suspect.
estrogen-depend. malig. tumors (e.g.
endomet. cancer) or pre-malign.
tumors (e.g. untreated atyp. endomet.
hyperplas.). Undiagnosed gen. bleed. Preg. / lact. Acute liver dis.,/ history of
liver dis. as long as liver func. tests
have failed to return to normal.
Previous/current ven.
thromboembolism (DVT, pulmon.
embol.). Known thrombophilic
conditions (e.g. protein C, protein S or
antithrombin defic. Active/recent past
arterial thromboembolic dis. (e.g. CVA,
angina, MI). Porphyria.
Progesterone. Progesterone 25 mg. Vials 1/7/14 X 25 mg sol. for SC/IM inj.
Once/d inj. of 25 mg from day of oocyte retrieval, usually until 12 weeks of confirmed pregn.
For luteal support as part of an Assisted Reprod. Techn. (ART) tmt. progr. in infertile women who are unable to use or toler. vaginal preparations.
C/I:Hypersens.
• Undiagn. vaginal bleeding
• Known missed abort. or ectopic pregn.
• Sev. hepatic dysfunction or dis.
• Known or suspect. breast or genital tract cancer
• Act. arterial or venous thromboemb. or sev. thrombophlebitis, or hist. of these events
• Porphyria
• Hist. of idiopathic jaundice severe pruritus or pemphigoid gestationis during pregn.
