Talk to your pharmacist for more details. Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist your medical history, especially of:. Do not smoke or use tobacco. Estrogens combined with smoking further increases your risk of stroke, blood clots, high blood pressure, and heart attack, especially in women older than Tell your doctor if you just had or will be having surgery, or if you will be confined to a chair or bed for a long time such as a long plane flight.
These conditions increase your risk of getting blood clots, especially if you are using an estrogen product. You may need to stop this medication for a time or take special precautions. This medication may cause blotchy, dark areas on your face and skin melasma. Sunlight may worsen this effect. Limit your time in the sun.
Avoid tanning booths and sunlamps. Use sunscreen and wear protective clothing when outdoors. If you are nearsighted or wear contact lenses, you may develop vision problems or trouble wearing your contact lenses. Contact your eye doctor if these problems occur. Children may be more sensitive to the side effects of this drug.
Discuss the possible effects of this medication with the doctor, and monitor your child's growth periodically. This medication must not be used during pregnancy. If you become pregnant or think you may be pregnant, tell your doctor right away.
This medication passes into breast milk. It may reduce the quality and amount of breast milk produced. Consult your doctor before breast-feeding. Drug interactions may change how your medications work or increase your risk for serious side effects.
This document does not contain all possible drug interactions. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicines without your doctor's approval. This medication may interfere with certain laboratory tests including metyrapone test , possibly causing false test results. Make sure laboratory personnel and all your doctors know you use this drug.
If someone has overdosed and has serious symptoms such as passing out or trouble breathing, call Otherwise, call a poison control center right away. US residents can call their local poison control center at Canada residents can call a provincial poison control center. Keep all regular medical and laboratory appointments. Follow your doctor's instructions for examining your own breasts, and report any lumps right away.
Consult your doctor for more details. Preventing or controlling high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes can help to reduce your chances of heart disease and stroke. Keep your mind active with mental exercises such as reading, solving crossword puzzles to help prevent dementia. Talk to your doctor about lifestyle changes that might benefit you. For the best possible benefit, it is important to receive each scheduled dose of this medication as directed.
If you miss a dose, contact your doctor or pharmacist right away to establish a new dosing schedule. Do not double the dose to catch up. Store at room temperature away from light and moisture.
Do not store in the bathroom. Keep all medications away from children and pets. Do not flush medications down the toilet or pour them into a drain unless instructed to do so. Properly discard this product when it is expired or no longer needed. Consult your pharmacist or local waste disposal company. Selected from data included with permission and copyright by First DataBank, Inc. This copyrighted material has been downloaded from a licensed ata provider and is not for distribution, except as may be authorized by the applicable terms of use.
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Tell your doctor if your condition does not improve or if it worsens. Estradiol may increase your risk of developing a condition that may lead to uterine cancer. Report any unusual vaginal bleeding right away. Using this medicine can increase your risk of blood clots, stroke, heart attack, or cancer of the breast, uterus, or ovaries.
Estradiol should not be used to prevent heart disease, stroke, or dementia. Estradiol is a form of estrogen, a female sex hormone produced by the ovaries.
Estrogen is necessary for many processes in the body. Estradiol transdermal skin patches are used to treat certain symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes, and vaginal dryness, burning, and irritation.
This medicine is also used to prevent postmenopausal osteoporosis, or to treat ovarian disorders. Do not use estradiol if you are pregnant. Tell your doctor right away if you become pregnant during treatment.
Using estradiol can increase your risk of blood clots, stroke, or heart attack. You are even more at risk if you have high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, if you are overweight, or if you smoke.
Estradiol should not be used to prevent heart disease, stroke, or dementia, because this medicine may actually increase your risk of developing these conditions. Using estradiol may increase your risk of cancer of the breast, uterus, or ovaries. Talk with your doctor about this risk. Follow all directions on your prescription label and read all medication guides or instruction sheets.
Use the medicine exactly as directed. Apply the skin patch to clean, dry skin on your stomach or buttocks. Press the patch firmly into place for at least 10 seconds. Choose a different spot within these skin areas each time you apply a new patch. Do not use the same skin area twice within 7 days. Avoid skin that is irritated or damaged. Do not apply a skin patch to your breasts. Do not apply a patch where it might be rubbed off by tight clothing, such as under an elastic waistband.
Never cut a skin patch. If a patch falls off, try sticking it back into place. If it does not stick well, put on a new patch on a different skin area and leave it on only for the rest of your wearing time. Do not change your patch removal schedule. Remove the patch and apply a new one on the same day s each week to stay on your once-weekly or twice-weekly schedule.
Your doctor may prescribe a progestin to help lower this risk. If you need major surgery or will be on long-term bed rest, you may need to stop using this medicine for a short time. Any doctor or surgeon who treats you should know that you are using estradiol. Your doctor should check your progress on a regular basis to determine whether you should continue this treatment.
Self-examine your breasts for lumps on a monthly basis, and have regular mammograms while using estradiol transdermal. Store patches at room temperature away from moisture and heat. Keep each patch in its pouch until you are ready to use it.
After removing a skin patch, fold it in half so it sticks together. Discard the folded patch in a place children and pets cannot get to. If you forget to change your patch, change it as soon as you remember or wait until your next scheduled patch change. Do not apply two patches at one time.
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