البلد: المملكة المتحدة
اللغة: الإنجليزية
المصدر: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)
Desogestrel
Actavis UK Ltd
G03AC09
Desogestrel
75microgram
Oral tablet
Oral
No Controlled Drug Status
Valid as a prescribable product
BNF: 07030201; GTIN: 5012617023193
Desogestrel 75 mcg PIL - United Kingdom item no: AAAH9697 print proof no: 04 origination date: 27-05-2015 originated by: NM revision date: 25-06-2015 revised by: NM dimensions: pharmacode: colours/plates: approved for print/date Non Printing Colours 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. 2. 3. date sent: supplier: León Farma approved: min pt size: TECHNICAL APPROVAL black 222 x 510 9.9 pt 27-05-2015 29-05-2015 READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START USING 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, please ask your doctor, pharmacist, or nurse. • This medicine has been prescribed for you only. Do not pass it on to others. It is not suitable for all women, so you should not give it to anyone else as it may harm them. • If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4. WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET: 1 WHAT DESOGESTREL IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR 2 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU TAKE DESOGESTREL 3 HOW TO TAKE DESOGESTREL 4 POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS 5 HOW TO STORE DESOGESTREL 6 CONTENTS OF THE PACK AND OTHER INFORMATION 1 WHAT DESOGESTREL IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR Desogestrel contains a small amount of one type of female sex hormone, the progestogen desogestrel. Desogestrel is used to prevent pregnancy. There are 2 main kinds of hormone contraceptive. • The combined pill (COC), “The Pill“, which contains 2 types of female sex hormone an oestrogen and a progestogen. • The progestogen-only pill, POP or mini-pill, which doesn‘t contain an oestrogen. Desogestrel is a progestogen-only-pill (POP) or a mini-pill. Most POPs or minipills work primarily by preventing the sperm cells from entering the womb but do not always prevent the egg cell from ripening, which is the main way that combined pills work. Desogestrel is different from other mini-pills in having a dose that in most cases prevents the egg cell from اقرأ الوثيقة كاملة
OBJECT 1 DESOGESTREL 75 MICROGRAM FILM-COATED TABLETS Summary of Product Characteristics Updated 24-Sep-2015 | Accord-UK Ltd 1. Name of the medicinal product Desogestrel 75 microgram Film-coated Tablets 2. Qualitative and quantitative composition Each film-coated tablet contains 75 microgram of desogestrel Excipients with known effect: Lactose monohydrate 55.07 mg, soybean oil (maximum 0.026 mg). For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1. 3. Pharmaceutical form Film-coated tablet. White, round. 4. Clinical particulars 4.1 Therapeutic indications Oral contraception 4.2 Posology and method of administration Posology _How to take Desogestrel_ Tablets must be taken every day at about the same time so that the interval between two tablets always is 24 hours. The first tablet should be taken on the first day of menstrual bleeding. Thereafter one tablet each day is to be taken continuously, without taking any notice on possible bleeding. A new blister is started directly the day after the previous one. _How to start Desogestrel_ _No preceding hormonal contraceptive use [in the past month]_ Tablet taking has to start on day 1 of the woman's natural cycle (day 1 is the first day of her menstrual bleeding). Starting on days 2-5 is allowed, but during the first cycle a barrier method is recommended for the first 7 days of tablet-taking. _Following first-trimester abortion:_ After first-trimester abortion it is recommended to start immediately. In that case there is no need to use an additional method of contraception. _Following delivery or second-trimester abortion:_ Contraceptive treatment with Desogestrel after delivery can be initiated before the menstruations have returned. If more than 21 days have elapsed pregnancy ought to be ruled out and an additional method of contraception should be used for the first week. For additional information for breastfeeding women see section 4.6. _How to start Desogestrel when changing from other contraceptive methods_ _Changing from a combined oral contraceptive (combined horm اقرأ الوثيقة كاملة