PROVERA

Drug Uses

Provera is used for treating certain menstrual problems like abnormal bleeding.

Brand Names

Amen, Curretab, Cycrin, Depo-Provera, Depo-subQ Provera.

Packet of medicine Provera (medroxyprogesterone acetate) tablets 10 mg - Progestogen/Sex Hormone

How Taken

The drug can be taken with or without food. The drug should be taken at the same time every day.

Missed Dose

If a dose is missed, take it when you remember it. But if it is time for the next dosage, better skip the earlier one. Do not mix two dosages.

More Information

The drug is known to cause dizziness. Better drive or do some hard works only if you feel comfortable after taking the drug. This drug should not be used for any other health condition and should not be used by those who have not been prescribed it.

Warnings/Precautions

If you are allergic to some medicine, food or any other substance, it is better to tell the doctor before taking Provera. Diabetes, epilepsy, migraine, heart problems, depression, liver and kidney problems should be notified.

You have to be cautious while using the drug if pregnant or planning to get pregnant or breast-feeding. While breast-feeding when taking Provera, you have to discuss with the doctor about the possible risks to your baby.

If you are on any other medication, you have to take them only after consulting the doctor, as some medicines are known to interact with Provera.

The drug is also known to cause dark patches in the face and so it is better to use a sunscreen lotion or cream while going out.

If you are having vaginal bleeding; have a history of blood clots; bleeding in brain; breast or genital cancer, you should avoid Provera.

The drug is also known to affect the blood sugar levels and so it is better to consult the doctor often as he can adjust the dosages. Provera is not recommended for use in children.

Getting Pregnant after Birth Control

You must have watched in the movies, a girl chooses to become pregnant and royally throws away her birth control medicines. After some scenes, she is seen with a big enlarged belly and a smile as wide as the horizon.

Unluckily, in the real world it doesn’t always happen this way. Becoming pregnant after using birth control pills can be time-taking. In most of the cases, this condition is anticipated by the women and her partner.

Birth control shots, patches and pills are developed to destroy the usual release of the ovum into the fallopian tube. The birth control medicine works by interrupting the process of ovulation. To attain this, contraceptive pill make use of the hormones which are also responsible for the disruption of the body’s natural flow. The elimination of these medicines from the body completely will take some time. In fact, it may even take many cycles for the usual cycling of the body to get started over again. This implies that it will start the production of follicles again which ultimately lead to the process of ovulation.

The duration of time required by the body to recover its general functioning will change on the basis of the kind of birth control method used and the woman in problem. Some females can throw away their medicines and conceive on the next cycle. Others need some more time.

More secrets and tips

For all those women, who use injections like Depo Provera, the duration of the time for the menstrual cycles to get back to normal can be lengthy, even after the stoppage of injections. Few women see a recovery to normal within nearly 3 months. Other females have gone through duration as long as 18 months after taking their last birth shot without recovery to normal menstrual cycles. Depo Provera is different from the intake of a pill. The hormones present in the pill come out of the body when the intake is stopped.

Depo Provera Injection for Ovulation

When other types of birth control are taken such as the IUDs- Intra-Uterine Devices, the recovery to the normal cycle will also be needed before a successful pregnancy. For all those females who use condoms as the only means of birth control, there is no waiting duration suggested as the natural cycle of a woman has not been interrupted.

It is generally recommended that a female should wait for a minimum of 1 full normal menstrual cycle before trying to get pregnant. This merely assists the body to recover its functioning prior to the pregnancy pressure put on it.

Nevertheless, the waiting period is not always essential. Few women, similar to the movies, manage to conceive within some weeks after stopping the use of birth control pills. It is very necessary for females to remember, moreover, that there is no calendar set on when fertility will come back. In few cases, it merely takes a little more duration than others. The process can’t be sped up as there is no such switch.