Brand name: DUPHASTON™ Tablets - CMI
Dydrogesterone

(Solvay)
CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION
Common questions about Duphaston.

It does not contain all of the available information. It does not take the place of talking to your doctor or pharmacist.

All medicines have benefits and risks. Your doctor has weighed the risks of you taking Duphaston against the benefits they expect it will have for you.

If you have any concerns about using Duphaston, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

If you would like more information ask your doctor.

Keep this leaflet with your medicine. You may need to read it again.
What Duphaston is used for
Duphaston treats conditions where there is a lack of the female hormone progesterone. It is used for:

restoring bleeding in the absence of menstrual periods;
controlling irregular bleeding which is due to hormonal imbalance;
the treatment of endometriosis, which is a disease where fragments of the lining of the womb grow outside the womb in the pelvic cavity;
painful periods which do not have any specific cause such as fibroids or infection;
a supplement for menopausal women who are taking hormone replacement therapy, in which it helps to protect the womb.
Duphaston is an artificial hormone similar to human progesterone. It belongs to a group of hormones called progestogens.

Duphaston has been approved for the uses listed above. However, your doctor may prescribe this medicine for another use. Ask you doctor for further information.

Duphaston is not addictive.
Before you take Duphaston
When you must not take it

Do not take Duphaston:
• if you have any blood clotting problems, or have had a stroke or a heart attack;
• if you have liver or gall bladder disease;
• if you have ever had jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes), which can occur with an intense generalised itching during pregnancy, or