Norethisterone

Drug Status in USA : Approved
Drug Status in Canada : Approved

Indication : Why is this medication prescribed?

Hormonal contraception.

Contraindication: What are the special precautions to be followed?

Under following conditions, use of this medication is inadvisable. Its use should be withhold as it would cause harm to the patient
Pregnancy, phlebitis or thrombo-embolic diseases, pathologically increased blood pressure, acute and severe chronic liver diseases with and without jaundice (particularly primary biliary liver cirrhosis), existing or treated cancer of the breast or uterus, severe diabetes with vascular changes, disturbances of limpometabolism, Dubin-Johnson syndrome. Rotor syndrome, impaired liver function.

Other Precaution to be observed while taking this medication

Before starting a thorough general medical and gynaecological examination (including the breasts) should be carried out and pregnancy must be excluded. During the use of norethisterone, it is recommended that the checks be repeated at about six month intervals.

What are possible side effects of this medication ?

Cycle disturbances in the form of spotting, breakthrough bleeding and short lasting amenorrhoea.

Drug Category/Class

  • Contraceptives, Oral, Synthetic
  • Progestogens
  • Progestogens and Estrogens, Sequential Preparations
  • Progestogens and Estrogens, Sequential Products
  • Estren Derivatives
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19 Inducers
  • CYP3A4 Inhibitors
  • Sex Hormones and Modulators of the Genital System
  • Genito Urinary System and Sex Hormones
  • Hormonal Contraceptives for Systemic Use
  • Progestogens and estrogens, fixed
Prescribed For the treatment of secondary amenorrhea, endometriosis, and abnormal uterine bleeding due to hormonal imbalance in the absence of organic patholo...
Weight :298.4192
Structure Norethisterone
Generic Drug Norethisterone prescribed For the treatment of secondary amenorrhea, endometriosis, and abnormal uterine bleeding due to hormonal imbalance in the absence of organic patholo...
Formula

C20H26O2

Norethisterone has 65 Brands listed


5 Ner (5 mg)Altron (5 mg)
Amenova (5 mg)Axinor (5 mg)
Corolut N (5 mg)Crina NCR
Cycloreg (5 mg)Disteron (5 mg)
Dub (5 mg)Duba N (5 mg)
Dubact (5 mg)Dubnil (5 mg)
Dubogen (5 mg)Dubolut (5 mg)
Enore D (5 mg)Ethinorm P (5 mg)
Ethisone (5 mg)Gestodian (5 mg)
Gynaset (5 mg)Gynut N (5 mg)
J Prim (5 mg)Lorit N (5 mg)
Menor N (5 mg)Mensil N (5 mg)
Nc Norm P (5 mg)Norate (5 mg)
Norate A (5 mg)Noreth (5 mg)
Norethisterone (5 mg)Norfast (5 mg)
Norgest (5 mg)Norglen (5 mg)
Noristerat (200 mg)Noritis (5 mg)
Norlut N (5 mg)Norsyn 5
Nostra (5 mg)Noteron (5 mg)
NynaPerlutal (5 mg)
Postpon (5 mg)Preserve N (5 mg)
Prevent N (5 mg)Primolut N (5 mg)
Primona N (5 mg)Primtoz N (5 mg)
Primvar N (5 mg)Primzed N (5 mg)
Progestone (5 mg)Prolin N (5 mg)
Regbel (5 mg)Regesterone HRT (2.5 mg)
Regestrone (5 mg)Regestrone HRT (1 mg)
Regulate (5 mg)Relicalfin DS (5 mg)
Reton (5 mg)Secam P (10 mg)
Shegest N (5 mg)Sternil (5 mg)
Sterone (5 mg)Sysron N (5 mg)
Thegest N (5 mg)Trito N (5 mg)
Uflox (400 mg) (Bal Pharma)

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