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Carcinoma,Palliative treatment of recurrent and/or metastatic breast or renal cell cancer and of inoperable recurrent or metastatic endometrial carcinoma.,Endometriosis,For use in the treatment of visually proven (laparoscopy) endometriosis where the required end-point of treatment is pregnancy, or for the control of symptoms when surgery is contraindicated or has been unsuccessful.,Secondary amenorrhoea proven not due to pregnancy,In amenorrhoea associated with a poorly developed proliferative endometrium, conventional estrogen therapy may be employed in conjunction with MPA.,Abnormal uterine bleeding in the absence of organic pathology,Adjunct to estrogen therapy,Combination hormone replacement therapy, now referred to as menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), should only be used in non-hysterectomised women (see Section 4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use).
This medicine was verified as being available on the PBS (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) on March, 1 2025. To learn more about this subsidy, visit the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) website.
You should seek advice from your doctor or pharmacist about taking this medicine. They can help you balance the risks and the benefits of this medicine during pregnancy.
Reporting side effects
You can help ensure medicines are safe by reporting the side effects you experience.
Carcinoma,Palliative treatment of recurrent and/or metastatic breast or renal cell cancer and of inoperable recurrent or metastatic endometrial carcinoma.,Endometriosis,For use in the treatment of visually proven (laparoscopy) endometriosis where the required end-point of treatment is pregnancy, or for the control of symptoms when surgery is contraindicated or has been unsuccessful.,Secondary amenorrhoea proven not due to pregnancy,In amenorrhoea associated with a poorly developed proliferative endometrium, conventional estrogen therapy may be employed in conjunction with MPA.,Abnormal uterine bleeding in the absence of organic pathology,Adjunct to estrogen therapy,Combination hormone replacement therapy, now referred to as menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), should only be used in non-hysterectomised women (see Section 4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use).
This medicine was verified as being available on the PBS (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) on March, 1 2025. To learn more about this subsidy, visit the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) website.
You should seek advice from your doctor or pharmacist about taking this medicine. They can help you balance the risks and the benefits of this medicine during pregnancy.
Reporting side effects
You can help ensure medicines are safe by reporting the side effects you experience.
Carcinoma,Palliative treatment of recurrent and/or metastatic breast or renal cell cancer and of inoperable recurrent or metastatic endometrial carcinoma.,Endometriosis,For use in the treatment of visually proven (laparoscopy) endometriosis where the required end-point of treatment is pregnancy, or for the control of symptoms when surgery is contraindicated or has been unsuccessful.,Secondary amenorrhoea proven not due to pregnancy,In amenorrhoea associated with a poorly developed proliferative endometrium, conventional estrogen therapy may be employed in conjunction with MPA.,Abnormal uterine bleeding in the absence of organic pathology,Adjunct to estrogen therapy,Combination hormone replacement therapy, now referred to as menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), should only be used in non-hysterectomised women (see Section 4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use).
This medicine was verified as being available on the PBS (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) on March, 1 2025. To learn more about this subsidy, visit the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) website.
You should seek advice from your doctor or pharmacist about taking this medicine. They can help you balance the risks and the benefits of this medicine during pregnancy.
Reporting side effects
You can help ensure medicines are safe by reporting the side effects you experience.
Carcinoma,Palliative treatment of recurrent and/or metastatic breast or renal cell cancer and of inoperable recurrent or metastatic endometrial carcinoma.,Endometriosis,For use in the treatment of visually proven (laparoscopy) endometriosis where the required end-point of treatment is pregnancy, or for the control of symptoms when surgery is contraindicated or has been unsuccessful.,Secondary amenorrhoea proven not due to pregnancy,In amenorrhoea associated with a poorly developed proliferative endometrium, conventional estrogen therapy may be employed in conjunction with MPA.,Abnormal uterine bleeding in the absence of organic pathology,Adjunct to estrogen therapy,Combination hormone replacement therapy, now referred to as menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), should only be used in non-hysterectomised women (see Section 4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use).
This medicine was verified as being available on the PBS (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) on March, 1 2025. To learn more about this subsidy, visit the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) website.
You should seek advice from your doctor or pharmacist about taking this medicine. They can help you balance the risks and the benefits of this medicine during pregnancy.
Reporting side effects
You can help ensure medicines are safe by reporting the side effects you experience.
Carcinoma,Palliative treatment of recurrent and/or metastatic breast or renal cell cancer and of inoperable recurrent or metastatic endometrial carcinoma.,Endometriosis,For use in the treatment of visually proven (laparoscopy) endometriosis where the required end-point of treatment is pregnancy, or for the control of symptoms when surgery is contraindicated or has been unsuccessful.,Secondary amenorrhoea proven not due to pregnancy,In amenorrhoea associated with a poorly developed proliferative endometrium, conventional estrogen therapy may be employed in conjunction with MPA.,Abnormal uterine bleeding in the absence of organic pathology,Adjunct to estrogen therapy,Combination hormone replacement therapy, now referred to as menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), should only be used in non-hysterectomised women (see Section 4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use).
You should seek advice from your doctor or pharmacist about taking this medicine. They can help you balance the risks and the benefits of this medicine during pregnancy.
Reporting side effects
You can help ensure medicines are safe by reporting the side effects you experience.
Carcinoma,Palliative treatment of recurrent and/or metastatic breast or renal cell cancer and of inoperable recurrent or metastatic endometrial carcinoma.,Endometriosis,For use in the treatment of visually proven (laparoscopy) endometriosis where the required end-point of treatment is pregnancy, or for the control of symptoms when surgery is contraindicated or has been unsuccessful.,Secondary amenorrhoea proven not due to pregnancy,In amenorrhoea associated with a poorly developed proliferative endometrium, conventional estrogen therapy may be employed in conjunction with MPA.,Abnormal uterine bleeding in the absence of organic pathology,Adjunct to estrogen therapy,Combination hormone replacement therapy, now referred to as menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), should only be used in non-hysterectomised women (see Section 4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use).
You should seek advice from your doctor or pharmacist about taking this medicine. They can help you balance the risks and the benefits of this medicine during pregnancy.
Reporting side effects
You can help ensure medicines are safe by reporting the side effects you experience.
Carcinoma,Palliative treatment of recurrent and/or metastatic breast or renal cell cancer and of inoperable recurrent or metastatic endometrial carcinoma.,Endometriosis,For use in the treatment of visually proven (laparoscopy) endometriosis where the required end-point of treatment is pregnancy, or for the control of symptoms when surgery is contraindicated or has been unsuccessful.,Secondary amenorrhoea proven not due to pregnancy,In amenorrhoea associated with a poorly developed proliferative endometrium, conventional estrogen therapy may be employed in conjunction with MPA.,Abnormal uterine bleeding in the absence of organic pathology,Adjunct to estrogen therapy,Combination hormone replacement therapy, now referred to as menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), should only be used in non-hysterectomised women (see Section 4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use).
This medicine was verified as being available on the PBS (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) on March, 1 2025. To learn more about this subsidy, visit the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) website.
You should seek advice from your doctor or pharmacist about taking this medicine. They can help you balance the risks and the benefits of this medicine during pregnancy.
Reporting side effects
You can help ensure medicines are safe by reporting the side effects you experience.
Carcinoma,Palliative treatment of recurrent and/or metastatic breast or renal cell cancer and of inoperable recurrent or metastatic endometrial carcinoma.,Endometriosis,For use in the treatment of visually proven (laparoscopy) endometriosis where the required end-point of treatment is pregnancy, or for the control of symptoms when surgery is contraindicated or has been unsuccessful.,Secondary amenorrhoea proven not due to pregnancy,In amenorrhoea associated with a poorly developed proliferative endometrium, conventional estrogen therapy may be employed in conjunction with MPA.,Abnormal uterine bleeding in the absence of organic pathology,Adjunct to estrogen therapy,Combination hormone replacement therapy, now referred to as menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), should only be used in non-hysterectomised women (see Section 4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use).
This medicine was verified as being available on the PBS (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) on March, 1 2025. To learn more about this subsidy, visit the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) website.
You should seek advice from your doctor or pharmacist about taking this medicine. They can help you balance the risks and the benefits of this medicine during pregnancy.
Reporting side effects
You can help ensure medicines are safe by reporting the side effects you experience.
Carcinoma,Palliative treatment of recurrent and/or metastatic breast or renal cell cancer and of inoperable recurrent or metastatic endometrial carcinoma.,Endometriosis,For use in the treatment of visually proven (laparoscopy) endometriosis where the required end-point of treatment is pregnancy, or for the control of symptoms when surgery is contraindicated or has been unsuccessful.,Secondary amenorrhoea proven not due to pregnancy,In amenorrhoea associated with a poorly developed proliferative endometrium, conventional estrogen therapy may be employed in conjunction with MPA.,Abnormal uterine bleeding in the absence of organic pathology,Adjunct to estrogen therapy,Combination hormone replacement therapy, now referred to as menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), should only be used in non-hysterectomised women (see Section 4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use).
This medicine was verified as being available on the PBS (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) on March, 1 2025. To learn more about this subsidy, visit the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) website.
You should seek advice from your doctor or pharmacist about taking this medicine. They can help you balance the risks and the benefits of this medicine during pregnancy.
Reporting side effects
You can help ensure medicines are safe by reporting the side effects you experience.
Carcinoma,Palliative treatment of recurrent and/or metastatic breast or renal cell cancer and of inoperable recurrent or metastatic endometrial carcinoma.,Endometriosis,For use in the treatment of visually proven (laparoscopy) endometriosis where the required end-point of treatment is pregnancy, or for the control of symptoms when surgery is contraindicated or has been unsuccessful.,Secondary amenorrhoea proven not due to pregnancy,In amenorrhoea associated with a poorly developed proliferative endometrium, conventional estrogen therapy may be employed in conjunction with MPA.,Abnormal uterine bleeding in the absence of organic pathology,Adjunct to estrogen therapy,Combination hormone replacement therapy, now referred to as menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), should only be used in non-hysterectomised women (see Section 4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use).
This medicine was verified as being available on the PBS (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) on March, 1 2025. To learn more about this subsidy, visit the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) website.
You should seek advice from your doctor or pharmacist about taking this medicine. They can help you balance the risks and the benefits of this medicine during pregnancy.
Reporting side effects
You can help ensure medicines are safe by reporting the side effects you experience.
Carcinoma,Palliative treatment of recurrent and/or metastatic breast or renal cell cancer and of inoperable recurrent or metastatic endometrial carcinoma.,Endometriosis,For use in the treatment of visually proven (laparoscopy) endometriosis where the required end-point of treatment is pregnancy, or for the control of symptoms when surgery is contraindicated or has been unsuccessful.,Secondary amenorrhoea proven not due to pregnancy,In amenorrhoea associated with a poorly developed proliferative endometrium, conventional estrogen therapy may be employed in conjunction with MPA.,Abnormal uterine bleeding in the absence of organic pathology,Adjunct to estrogen therapy,Combination hormone replacement therapy, now referred to as menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), should only be used in non-hysterectomised women (see Section 4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use).
You should seek advice from your doctor or pharmacist about taking this medicine. They can help you balance the risks and the benefits of this medicine during pregnancy.
Reporting side effects
You can help ensure medicines are safe by reporting the side effects you experience.
Carcinoma,Palliative treatment of recurrent and/or metastatic breast or renal cell cancer and of inoperable recurrent or metastatic endometrial carcinoma.,Endometriosis,For use in the treatment of visually proven (laparoscopy) endometriosis where the required end-point of treatment is pregnancy, or for the control of symptoms when surgery is contraindicated or has been unsuccessful.,Secondary amenorrhoea proven not due to pregnancy,In amenorrhoea associated with a poorly developed proliferative endometrium, conventional estrogen therapy may be employed in conjunction with MPA.,Abnormal uterine bleeding in the absence of organic pathology,Adjunct to estrogen therapy,Combination hormone replacement therapy, now referred to as menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), should only be used in non-hysterectomised women (see Section 4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use).
You should seek advice from your doctor or pharmacist about taking this medicine. They can help you balance the risks and the benefits of this medicine during pregnancy.
Reporting side effects
You can help ensure medicines are safe by reporting the side effects you experience.
Carcinoma,Palliative treatment of recurrent and/or metastatic breast or renal cell cancer and of inoperable recurrent or metastatic endometrial carcinoma.,Endometriosis,For use in the treatment of visually proven (laparoscopy) endometriosis where the required end-point of treatment is pregnancy, or for the control of symptoms when surgery is contraindicated or has been unsuccessful.,Secondary amenorrhoea proven not due to pregnancy,In amenorrhoea associated with a poorly developed proliferative endometrium, conventional estrogen therapy may be employed in conjunction with MPA.,Abnormal uterine bleeding in the absence of organic pathology,Adjunct to estrogen therapy,Combination hormone replacement therapy, now referred to as menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), should only be used in non-hysterectomised women (see Section 4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use).
You should seek advice from your doctor or pharmacist about taking this medicine. They can help you balance the risks and the benefits of this medicine during pregnancy.
Reporting side effects
You can help ensure medicines are safe by reporting the side effects you experience.
Carcinoma,Palliative treatment of recurrent and/or metastatic breast or renal cell cancer and of inoperable recurrent or metastatic endometrial carcinoma.,Endometriosis,For use in the treatment of visually proven (laparoscopy) endometriosis where the required end-point of treatment is pregnancy, or for the control of symptoms when surgery is contraindicated or has been unsuccessful.,Secondary amenorrhoea proven not due to pregnancy,In amenorrhoea associated with a poorly developed proliferative endometrium, conventional estrogen therapy may be employed in conjunction with MPA.,Abnormal uterine bleeding in the absence of organic pathology,Adjunct to estrogen therapy,Combination hormone replacement therapy, now referred to as menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), should only be used in non-hysterectomised women (see Section 4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use).
You should seek advice from your doctor or pharmacist about taking this medicine. They can help you balance the risks and the benefits of this medicine during pregnancy.
Reporting side effects
You can help ensure medicines are safe by reporting the side effects you experience.
Carcinoma,Palliative treatment of recurrent and/or metastatic breast or renal cell cancer and of inoperable recurrent or metastatic endometrial carcinoma.,Endometriosis,For use in the treatment of visually proven (laparoscopy) endometriosis where the required end-point of treatment is pregnancy, or for the control of symptoms when surgery is contraindicated or has been unsuccessful.,Secondary amenorrhoea proven not due to pregnancy,In amenorrhoea associated with a poorly developed proliferative endometrium, conventional estrogen therapy may be employed in conjunction with MPA.,Abnormal uterine bleeding in the absence of organic pathology,Adjunct to estrogen therapy,Combination hormone replacement therapy, now referred to as menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), should only be used in non-hysterectomised women (see Section 4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use).
You should seek advice from your doctor or pharmacist about taking this medicine. They can help you balance the risks and the benefits of this medicine during pregnancy.
Reporting side effects
You can help ensure medicines are safe by reporting the side effects you experience.
Carcinoma,Palliative treatment of recurrent and/or metastatic breast or renal cell cancer and of inoperable recurrent or metastatic endometrial carcinoma.,Endometriosis,For use in the treatment of visually proven (laparoscopy) endometriosis where the required end-point of treatment is pregnancy, or for the control of symptoms when surgery is contraindicated or has been unsuccessful.,Secondary amenorrhoea proven not due to pregnancy,In amenorrhoea associated with a poorly developed proliferative endometrium, conventional estrogen therapy may be employed in conjunction with MPA.,Abnormal uterine bleeding in the absence of organic pathology,Adjunct to estrogen therapy,Combination hormone replacement therapy, now referred to as menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), should only be used in non-hysterectomised women (see Section 4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use).
You should seek advice from your doctor or pharmacist about taking this medicine. They can help you balance the risks and the benefits of this medicine during pregnancy.
Reporting side effects
You can help ensure medicines are safe by reporting the side effects you experience.
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