Medroxyprogesterone use side effect

 

Medroxyprogesterone

 

Use

Endometriosis   - This medicine is used to treat endometriosis, a condition in which the endometrial tissue grows outside the uterus.

 

Endometrial hyperplasia   - This medicine is used to prevent endometrial hyperplasia, a condition where the female sex hormones are imbalanced and heavy bleeding or intermittent bleeding between periods are experienced.

Contraception

This medicine is used to prevent pregnancy.

 

·  abnormal uterine bleeding

This medicine is used to treat abnormal bleeding from the uterus.

·  Amenorrhoea

This medicine is used to treat the absence of menstruation in women of childbearing potential due to a lack of progesterone in their body.

Side effects

• Weight gain
• Depression
• Hot flashes
• Joint pain
• Breast pain and tenderness
• Loss of vision or blurred vision
• Swelling of face, lips, eyelids, tongue, hands and feet
• White vaginal discharge
• Shortness of breath
• Itching
• Hair loss
• Headache
• Dizziness
• Nausea and Vomiting