Medroxyprogesterone
Medroxyprogesterone 5mg and 10mg tablets: a progestin taken for heavy or irregular periods, endometriosis and hormone replacement, in packs of 30 to 360.
All strengths and pack prices
| Strength | Pack | Price | Per tablet |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5mg | 30 tablets | $33.00 | $1.10 |
| 5mg | 60 tablets | $55.20 | $0.92 |
| 5mg | 90 tablets | $73.80 | $0.82 |
| 5mg | 120 tablets | $88.80 | $0.74 |
| 5mg | 180 tablets | $118.80 | $0.66 |
| 5mg | 360 tablets | $216.00 | $0.60 |
| 10mg | 30 tablets | $37.50 | $1.25 |
| 10mg | 60 tablets | $65.40 | $1.09 |
| 10mg | 90 tablets | $91.80 | $1.02 |
| 10mg | 120 tablets | $112.80 | $0.94 |
| 10mg | 180 tablets | $153.00 | $0.85 |
| 10mg | 360 tablets | $295.20 | $0.82 |
- Category
- Women's Health
- Active ingredient
- Medroxyprogesterone
- Route
- Oral
- Form
- Tablet, Injection
- Strengths
- 5/10mg
You will receive a quality generic, depending on stock.
Shipped in a discreet, unmarked envelope.
Details
- Conditions
- Endometriosis · Hormone replacement
- Therapeutic Class
- Progestin
- Pharmacological Class
- Hormone Modifier
- Minor Side Effects
- Spotting, Weight changes
- Moderate Side Effects
- Mood fluctuations, Breast discomfort
- Dosage Forms
- Tablet, Injection
- Administration Route
- Oral
- Originator
- Pfizer
- Duration
- Days to months
- Storage Instructions
- Store appropriately per product form.
- Drug Interactions
- Oestrogen supplements
- Age Restrictions
- Women of childbearing age
What you will receive
Medroxyprogesterone is a generic medicine sold under the name of its active ingredient, Medroxyprogesterone.
- The manufacturer depends on what is in stock when your order ships.
- It contains the same active ingredient, at the same strength, as the brand-name versions.
FAQ
Which Medroxyprogesterone strengths and pack sizes can I order?
You can order Medroxyprogesterone 5mg and 10mg tablets. Both strengths come in packs of 30 to 360 tablets. Larger packs cost less per tablet.
How is Medroxyprogesterone delivered to Hong Kong?
Medroxyprogesterone ships in plain, unbranded packaging. Tracked courier takes 5 to 9 business days with online tracking. Standard airmail takes 14 to 21 business days, up to 30, and is untracked. If a parcel does not arrive in the window or arrives damaged, it is sent again free or refunded.
What are the other names for medroxyprogesterone?
Brand names for medroxyprogesterone include Provera and Cycrin. Medroxyprogesterone tablets are a pure generic medroxyprogesterone product and are not any of those brands. Here, medroxyprogesterone can also be bought online as generic Provera and generic Cycrin.
Do I take medroxyprogesterone every day?
It depends on the condition. Cyclical courses use a set number of treatment days followed by a break, which lets a bleed arrive on cue; other courses need one tablet daily with no break. On the days a tablet is due, the same hour keeps the amount in the body steady.
What is the difference between the 5mg and 10mg tablets?
The number is the amount of medroxyprogesterone in each tablet, so a 10mg tablet holds twice what a 5mg one does. A course can stay at one strength or move between them, and the two are often used at different points of the same treatment.
Can medroxyprogesterone cause bleeding between periods?
It can, yes. Spotting is among the most reported effects, and it is most likely in the first weeks, while the womb lining gets used to the tablet. Your flow may also come out lighter or heavier than before. Expect this to calm down over the first few cycles.
Does St John's wort affect medroxyprogesterone?
Yes. St John's wort, rifampicin, carbamazepine and phenytoin all make the liver break medroxyprogesterone down faster, so each tablet does less while you are on them.
Is the Depo injection the same as medroxyprogesterone tablets?
They share an ingredient but are different products. The injection is a contraceptive given roughly every three months, releasing its dose slowly over that time. The 5mg and 10mg tablets are swallowed for bleeding problems, endometriosis and hormone replacement, not as contraception.
About Medroxyprogesterone
When your cycle stops behaving
Most people start these tablets because of bleeding that has gone off course: heavy periods, periods that come too often, spotting between them, or no period for six months or more in someone whose cycle used to be regular. Two other routes lead here. Endometriosis, in which tissue like the womb lining grows elsewhere in the pelvis, is one. Hormone replacement is the other: oestrogen on its own keeps thickening the womb lining, and a progestin holds that build-up back, lowering the risk of cancer in the lining.
What the tablet does to the womb lining
Medroxyprogesterone is a synthetic form of progesterone, the hormone the ovaries release after ovulation. Like the natural hormone, it signals the lining of the womb to stop building up and to shed, which is why bleeding becomes more regular within a cycle or two. That single action also accounts for the other uses: calming endometriosis pain, and keeping the lining thin while oestrogen is taken for hormone replacement.
Days on, days off
Check the schedule on your course first, because it comes in two shapes. One is cyclical: tablets for a set number of days each month, then a gap, then the run begins again, and a calendar with the first and last day marked saves guesswork. The other is a tablet every day with no gap, as in some hormone replacement plans. Either way, it goes down with water at roughly the same hour each time.
What you may notice, and what cannot wait
Sore breasts, spotting between periods and a heavier or lighter flow are what most women notice first. Acne and extra facial hair, thinner hair on the head, poor sleep, daytime sleepiness, nausea and weight change are also reported; many of these ease as the body adjusts, though low mood can appear on longer courses.
A clot is the risk that matters most. A calf that aches, swells or feels hot needs urgent treatment, and so do breathlessness that comes on suddenly, pain in the chest or a heart that races. The same goes for a drooping face, weakness down one side or slurred speech, and for sudden loss of sight or double vision. Jaundice (yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes) points to the liver. Swelling of the lips, tongue or throat that makes breathing hard is an emergency.
Cycrin, Provera and these tablets
Cycrin and Provera hold the same medicine as the plain medroxyprogesterone sold here, in the same 5mg and 10mg tablets. Only the name on the box separates the three. Cycrin is used for periods that have stopped and a womb lining grown too thick, Provera for abnormal bleeding and amenorrhoea (periods that have stopped), while these tablets are sold for endometriosis and hormone replacement.
Sources
- Medroxyprogesterone: MedlinePlus Drug Information — National Library of Medicine
- Endometrial cancer - symptoms, diagnosis and treatment - Healthdirect — Healthdirect Australia