Provera

Contain the active ingredient: Medroxyprogesterone-Acetate, which is a synthetic form of the naturally occurring female sex-hormone,progesterone.

A woman's-menstrual cycle is a complex process that is controlled by at least four different-hormones. The blood-levels of these-hormones change throughout the menstrual-cycle, causing an egg to be released from the-ovaries (ovulation), preparation of the womb-lining for a possible-pregnancy and shedding of the-womb lining each month if pregnancy doesn't occur (a menstrual-period). There are plenty of places that this complex process can go wrong.

If your periods are irregular or have stopped completely and your doctor can find no obvious cause, it may be that something has upset your natural hormone-levels. Medroxyprogesterone-can help to restore your natural hormone-levels, because it mimics the effects of your natural-progesterone.

Normally the level of-progesterone in your blood-increases about a week before your period. If medroxyprogesterone-is taken for 5 to 10 days each month at this time (ie day 16 to 21 of your cycle) it mimics the natural rise in your progesterone-levels. This can help your other-hormones to behave in a more normal way. To treat irregular periods this medicine is taken in this way for two menstrual-cycles. To treat periods that have stopped it is taken for three menstrual-cycles. In each case, a few days after you stop taking the tablets you should get your period. At the end of the treatment regular periods should return.

Endometriosis-can also be treated by manipulating your-hormones with-medroxyprogesterone. In this condition, tissue resembling the womb-lining grows abnormally around the-ovaries, womb-and-bladder. This tissue is controlled by the same-hormones that control your menstrual-cycle, and thickens and is shed in the same way as your normal womb-lining.

Medroxyprogesterone-is taken three times a day for 90 days, starting on the first day of your period, to control this. The medroxyprogesterone-stops the abnormal tissue from thickening and then-bleeding. As a result your menstrual-periods are also likely to stop during the treatment as well; alternatively you might get irregular-bleeding or spotting. After treatment has finished the patches of endometrial-tissue may be smaller, or may have shrunk away altogether.

What is it used for?

Dysfunctional menstrual-bleeding, for example heavy, painful, irregular or very frequent periods.

Menstrual-periods that have stopped (secondary-amenorrhoea).

Mild to moderate-endometriosis.

Size : 100 tablets/ bottle