Megestrol 160 mg Tablet

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Pharmaceutical form Tablet

Category Anti Cancer

Brand Name Megestrol 160 mg Tablet

Content Megestrol 160 mg

Pack 1*10 TABLETS

Therapeutic Use It is used to treat breast cancer and endometrial cancer.

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What is Megestrol 160 mg Tablet?

Megestrol 160 mg Tablet is used to relieve symptoms and lessen suffering from advanced breast cancer and endometrial cancer, which starts in the lining of the uterus. Megestrol suspension is used to treat severe weight loss, malnutrition, and loss of appetite in AIDS patients.

How Megestrol Tablet Works?

Megestrol is an artificial form of the natural hormone progesterone. Progestins are female hormones, and megestrol is one of them. By regulating female hormones associated with cancer growth, it is effective in patients with endometrial and breast cancer. It makes you eat more, which makes you acquire weight.

How to Use - Megestrol 160 mg Tablet

Megestrol is available as a tablet, a liquid oral suspension, and an oral suspension that has been concentrated (Megace ES) for oral administration. Typically, it is recommended to (tablets & suspensions) consume multiple times daily.
Megestrol tablet should be taken every day at about the same time(s). Ask your doctor to clarify any instructions you do not understand, and carefully follow the instructions on your prescription label.
It should be taken exactly as prescribed. Never take it in larger or fewer amounts or more frequently than directed by your doctor.

Additional Uses

Megestrol 160 mg tablet is also occasionally used to treat endometriosis, prostatic hypertrophy, endometrial hyperplasia, and malnutrition in cancer patients. Endometriosis is a condition in which the connective tissue that lines the uterus expands in other parts of the body. Endometrial hyperplasia is a development of the lining of the uterus.

Precautions for Megestrol,

If you have an allergy to megestrol, any other drugs, or any of the inert substances in megestrol tablets, let your doctor know right away.
Inform your doctor about all prescription and over-the-counter drugs, vitamins, dietary supplements, and natural remedies you are now taking or intend to use. Also inform about warfarin, indinavir, and antibiotics if you are using them. Your healthcare professional might need to change the dosage of your drugs or keep a close eye on you for side effects.
If you have diabetes, renal or liver illness, a blood clot somewhere in your body, or a stroke, let your doctor know.
Be sure to let your doctor know if you're nursing a baby or pregnant. The fetus could be harmed by megestrol. If you are taking megestrol, you should not breastfeed.
Megestrol is typically not recommended for use in treating weight loss and loss of appetite in older persons.
You should be aware that megestrol may affect a woman's regular menstrual cycle. You shouldn't, however, believe that you are incapable of getting pregnant. To prevent conception, use a proven birth control method.
During or soon after your treatment, let your doctor or dentist know if you need to have surgery, including dental surgery.

Megestrol 160 mg Tablet - Side Effects

Megestrol might have undesirable effects. If any of the following symptoms are serious or do not go away, let your doctor know right away:

Impotence
Less sexual arousal
Abnormal vaginal bleeding
Having trouble falling or staying asleep
Gas
Rash

Some adverse effects can be very harmful. Call your doctor right away if you notice any of these signs:

Nausea
Vomiting
Dizziness
Weakness
Blurry vision
Severe thirst
Excessive urination
Severe hunger
Leg ache
Having trouble breathing
Chest weight or discomfort that is severe and crushing
Difficult or slow speech
Weakness or numbness in the arm or leg

You should keep in mind that your doctor recommended this drug because she or he thought it would benefit you more than it would harm you. Many users of this medicine report no significant negative effects.

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Information for the patient

Read the package leaflet for indications, contraindications, side effects, dosage as well as information on the use of this product, or consult your doctor or pharmacist before use. Misusing medicines may be dangerous to your life or health.