Side effects

Duphaston has few side effects and does not interfere with ovulation (release of an egg from the ovary), which means that a woman taking djufaston may become pregnant How to Get Pregnant: Recommendations to help .

Duphaston - dydrogesterone tradename, a synthetic analogue of progesterone. Progesterone is necessary for normal menstrual cycles and pregnancy for the healthy development of the inner lining of the uterus.

• Application: djufaston prescribed for many disorders which are caused by inadequate secretion of progesterone. It is used in hormone replacement therapy for painful and irregular menstruation, endometriosis, infertility and to prevent miscarriage in women whose previous pregnancy ended in miscarriage.
• Common side effects: bloating, dizziness, headache and nausea.
• Hormonal effects: the effects of hormonal changes while taking duphaston can be acne, breast tenderness, changes in sexual desire (in both directions), fluid retention in the body, not strong uterine bleeding between periods, and weight gain.
• The potentially dangerous side effects in rare cases djufaston causes anemia and liver function abnormalities. Some women are allergic to didrogestron, the main symptom of which is a rash Rash: Classification - primary and secondary elements   on the skin.
• Contraindications: djufaston should not take women with a history of cardiovascular disease, liver disease and gall bladder, cancer of the breast or ovaries.

Side effects when taking duphaston may occur:

• Central nervous system - headaches, including migraine form;
• from the genitals - breakthrough uterine bleeding (which can be prevented by increasing the dose duphaston) and increased sensitivity of the breast;
• from the gastrointestinal tract - transient liver function abnormalities, weakness, malaise, jaundice, stomach pain;
• Hematopoietic system - rarely - hemolytic anemia;
• from the skin - skin rash, itching;
• allergic reactions - urticaria, angioedema;
• rarely - peripheral edema.

Contraindications for the purpose duphaston are idiosyncrasy of the drug and the emergence of itching during a previous pregnancy. Not applicable djufaston and during breast Feeding your baby - optimal breastfeeding   feeding, as it is excreted in breast milk. Djufaston also not indicated in certain types of enzymatic deficiency and malabsorption syndrome (a state in which the nutrients are not absorbed into the blood from normal small intestine).

Thus, the threat of termination of pregnancy duphaston dose prescribed individually, according to the data of ultrasound and laboratory research. While improving the status of women the dose can be reduced when a new threat - increased.

When habitual miscarriage, emerging with insufficient secretion of progesterone in the second phase of the menstrual cycle, djufaston administered during pregnancy planning for the second phase of the menstrual cycle. If pregnancy occurs, move to its permanent reception during the first and possibly the second trimester of pregnancy with a dose adjustment in accordance with the survey data. If the cause of recurrent miscarriage is a chronic infectious-inflammatory process in the uterus (chronic endometritis), apart duphaston prescribe anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory and strengthening therapy.

Some women with recurrent miscarriage detect antibodies to progesterone (the so-called autoimmune process - are allergic to its own tissues), which manifests itself in the form of severe menstrual pains (dysmenorrhea), and during pregnancy - in the form of placental insufficiency (placenta is unable to cope with its function providing fetus with oxygen and nutrients). In this case djufaston particularly indicated because its changes in the synthesis of antibody molecules do not react, enabling to treat women with autoimmune processes.

Assign djufaston endometriosis - this prevents the growth of the mucous membrane of the uterus that occurs under the influence of estrogen in the first half of the menstrual cycle, including in the form of sites located in other tissues, infertility on the background of hormonal insufficiency, premenstrual syndrome, severe menstrual pain, dysfunctional uterine bleeding .

Duphaston can be taken only when prescribed by an obstetrician-gynecologist, and after a preliminary examination.

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