Patient Leaflet Updated 28-Oct-2020 | Besins Healthcare (UK) Ltd
Utrogestan Vaginal 200mg Capsules
PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER
UTROGESTAN VAGINAL® 200mg Capsules
progesterone
Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start using this medicine because it contains important information for you.
What is in this leaflet:
1. What Utrogestan Vaginal is and what it is used for
2. What you need to know before you use Utrogestan Vaginal
3. How to use Utrogestan Vaginal
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Utrogestan Vaginal
6. Contents of the pack and other information
1. What Utrogestan Vaginal is and what it is used for
The name of your medicine is Utrogestan Vaginal 200mg Capsules (called Utrogestan Vaginal in this leaflet).
Utrogestan Vaginal contains a hormone called progesterone.
What Utrogestan Vaginal is used for
Utrogestan Vaginal can be used to help pregnancy during in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles.
To help pregnancy
Utrogestan Vaginal is for women who need extra progesterone while undergoing treatment in an Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) programme.
2. What you need to know before you use Utrogestan Vaginal
Do not use Utrogestan Vaginal:
Warning and precautions
Utrogestan Vaginal should be used during the first 3 months of pregnancy.
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before using Utrogestan Vaginal.
Utrogestan Vaginal is not a contraceptive.
If you think you may have miscarried, you should speak for your doctor as you will need to stop using Utrogestan Vaginal.
Children
Utrogestan vaginal is not for use in children.
Other medicines and Utrogestan Vaginal
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines. This includes medicines obtained without a prescription, including herbal medicines. This is because Utrogestan Vaginal can affect the way some other medicines work. Also some other medicines can affect the way Utrogestan Vaginal works.
In particular tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking any of the following medicines:
Utrogestan Vaginal with food and drink
Utrogestan Vaginal is to be administered intravaginally. Food and drink have no effect on the treatment.
Pregnancy breast-feeding and fertility
Driving and using machines
Utrogestan Vaginal has negligible effects on driving or using machinery.
Utrogestan Vaginal contains soybean lecithin
If you are allergic to peanut or soya, do not use this medicinal product.
3. How to use Utrogestan Vaginal
Always use this medicine exactly as your doctor has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
For dosage, your doctor will take into account national and local treatment guidelines.
Please contact the pharmacy if you require an applicator. The applicator supplied by your pharmacy contains a leaflet. This leaflet includes pictures and describes how to use the applicator.
Using this medicine to help pregnancy
How much to use
If you use more Utrogestan Vaginal than you should
If you use more Utrogestan Vaginal than you should, talk to your doctor or go to a hospital. Take the medicine pack with you.
The following effects may happen: feeling dizzy or feeling tired.
If you forget to use Utrogestan Vaginal
4. Possible side effects
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them. The following side effects may happen with this medicine:
Not known (frequency cannot be estimated from the available data):
Reporting of side effects
If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet.
You can also report side effects directly via the website www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard or search for MHRA Yellow Card in the Google Play or Apple App Store.
By reporting side effects you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine
5. How to store Utrogestan Vaginal
6. Contents of the pack and other information
What Utrogestan Vaginal contains
What Utrogestan Vaginal looks like and contents of the pack
Marketing Authorisation Holder and Manufacturer
The Marketing Authorisation for Utrogestan in the UK is held by
Utrogestan Vaginal is manufactured by:
This medicine is distributed in the UK by:
This medicinal product is authorised in the Member States of the EEA under the following names:
Bulgaria: Utrogestan 200 mg vaginal capsules, soft
Croatia: Utrogestan 200 mg meke kapsule zarodnicu
Czech Republic: Progesteron Besins
Estonia: Utrogestan
Hungary: Utrogestan 200g hüvelykapszula
Ireland: Utrogestan Vaginal 200mg Capsules
Latvia: Progesterone Besins 200 mg vaginālās mīkstās kapsulas
Lithuania: Utrogestan 200 mg Makšties minkštosios kapsulė
Netherlands: Utrogestan 200 mg, zachte capsules voor vaginaal gebruik
Norway: Utrogestan
Poland: Utrogestan
Slovakia: Utrogestan 200 mg, mäkké vaginálne kapsuly
Slovenia: Utrogestan 200 mg mehke vaginalne kapsule
Sweden: Utrogestan 200 mg Vaginalkapsel, mjuk
United Kingdom: Utrogestan Vaginal 200mg Capsules
This leaflet was last revised in September 2020
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