DROSPIRENONE/ ETHINYLOESTRADIOL-LUPIN TABLETS 3 mg/30 micrograms drospirenone/ethinylestradiol 3 mg/30 micrograms tablet blister

Země: Austrálie

Jazyk: angličtina

Zdroj: Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

Aktivní složka:

drospirenone, Quantity: 3 mg; ethinylestradiol, Quantity: 30 microgram

Dostupné s:

Lupin Australia Pty Limited

INN (Mezinárodní Name):

Drospirenone,ethinylestradiol

Léková forma:

Tablet

Složení:

Excipient Ingredients: lactose monohydrate; maize starch; pregelatinised maize starch; magnesium stearate; titanium dioxide; hypromellose; macrogol 400

Podání:

Oral

Jednotky v balení:

4 x 28 Tablets (21 active and 7 placebo), 3 x 28 Tablets (21 active and 7 placebo), 1 x 28 Tablets (21 active and 7 placebo), 2

Druh předpisu:

(S4) Prescription Only Medicine

Terapeutické indikace:

For use as an oral contraceptive

Přehled produktů:

Visual Identification: White to off-white coloured, round, biconvex, film coated tablets, plain on both sides.; Container Type: Blister Pack; Container Material: PVC/PCTFE (Aclar)/Al; Container Life Time: 2 Years; Container Temperature: Store below 25 degrees Celsius

Stav Autorizace:

Registered

Datum autorizace:

2012-01-20

Informace pro uživatele

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DROSPIRENONE/ ETHINYLOESTRADIOL-LUPIN
TABLETS 3 MG/ 30 ΜG
Contraceptive tablets for women
_drospirenone and ethinyloestradiol _
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CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION
WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET
This leaflet answers some common questions about Drospirenone/
Ethinyloestradiol-Lupin .
It does not contain all the available information. It does not take
the place of talking to your
doctor or pharmacist.
All medicines have risks and benefits. Your doctor has weighed the
risks of you taking
Drospirenone/ Ethinyloestradiol-Lupin against the benefits they expect
it will have for you.
IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS, OR ARE UNSURE ABOUT TAKING THIS MEDICINE,
ASK YOUR DOCTOR OR
PHARMACIST FOR MORE ADVICE.
KEEP THIS LEAFLET WITH THE MEDICINE.
You may need to read it again.
WHAT DROSPIRENONE/ ETHINYLOESTRADIOL-LUPIN IS USED FOR
Drospirenone/ Ethinyloestradiol-Lupin is a combined oral
contraceptive, commonly known as
a ‘birth control pill’ or ‘the Pill’.
Drospirenone/ Ethinyloestradiol-Lupin is used to prevent pregnancy.
Drospirenone/
Ethinyloestradiol-Lupin
contains
drospirenone
which
has
antiandrogenic
properties and may be of some benefit in androgen-related acne, skin
conditions or greasy
hair.
You may also experience the following benefits:
• improvement in symptoms like bloating, swelling or weight gain
related to fluid retention
• more regular and shorter periods and a decrease in the amount of
blood you lose each
month
• a decrease in anaemia (iron deficiency)
• a decrease in period pain.
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Some medical conditions such as pelvic inflammatory disease, ovarian
cysts, ectopic
pregnancy and disorders of the uterus (womb), ovaries and breast are
less common in
women taking oral contraceptives.
When taken correctly, it prevents you from becoming pregnant in
several ways:
• inhibiting the egg release by stopping it maturing
• changing the cervical mucus consi

Charakteristika produktu

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PRODUCT INFORMATION
DROSPIRENONE/ ETHINYLOESTRADIOL-LUPIN TABLETS
(3 MG/30 ΜG)
NAME OF THE MEDICINE
Drospirenone/ Ethinyloestradiol-Lupin is a combined oral contraceptive
tablet containing
the synthetic progestogen, drospirenone and the synthetic oestrogen,
ethinyloestradiol.
Ethinyloestradiol is an oestrogen. Chemically, ethinyloestradiol is
19-nor-17α-pregna-
1,3,5(10)-trien-20-yne-3, 17β–diol and has the following structural
formula:
Chemical Formula: C
20
H
24
O
2
Molecular Weight: 296.41
CAS No: 57-63-6
Drospirenone is a progestogen. The chemical name for drospirenone is
3-0xo-6α, 7α,
15α, 16α-tetrahydro-3'
_H,3"H-_
dicydopropa[6,7:15,16]-17α-pregn-4-en-21,17-carbolactone
and has the following structural formula:
Chemical formula: C
24
H
30
O
3
Molecular weight: 366.50
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CAS No: 67392-87-4
DESCRIPTION
Ethinyloestradiol
is
a
white
or
slightly
yellowish-white,
crystalline
powder.
It
is
practically insoluble in water, freely soluble in ethanol (96 per
cent). It dissolves in dilute
alkaline solutions.
Drospirenone is a white to off-white crystalline powder. It is freely
soluble in methylene
chloride, soluble in acetone, methanol, sparingly soluble in
ethylacetate and ethanol 96%
(v/v) and practically insoluble in hexane and water.
Each yellow active tablet contains drospirenone 3 mg and
ethinyloestradiol 30 μg and the
excipients: lactose, maize starch, pregelatinised maize starch,
magnesium stearate and
Opadry Complete Film Coating System 03F82726 Yellow (containing
hypromellose,
macrogol 6000, purified talc, titanium dioxide and iron oxide yellow).
Each white inactive tablet contains lactose, maize starch,
pregelatinised maize starch,
magnesium
stearate
and
Opadry
Complete
Film
Coating
System
03B28796
White
(containing hypromellose, macrogol 400 and titanium dioxide).
PHARMACOLOGY
PHARMACODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
The contraceptive effect of combined oral contraceptives is based on
the