Learn more about ANGELIQ®.
Hot flashes. Night sweats. Vaginal dryness. While there's no way to avoid menopause, ANGELIQ tablets (drospirenone/estradiol) with the unique hormone drsp® may help ease the impact moderate to severe symptoms have on your life.
What important information should you know about ANGELIQ® tablets (drospirenone / estradiol) 0.5mg / 1mg?
ANGELIQ contains a different kind of hormone, drsp®, which may increase potassium. Therefore you should not take ANGELIQ if you have kidney, liver, or adrenal disease. Be sure to talk to your doctor about taking ANGELIQ if you regularly take other medications that can increase your potassium levels. These can include: NSAIDs-ibuprofen (Motrin®, Advil®), naproxen (Naprosyn®, Aleve®, and others) when taken long-term and daily for arthritis or other diseases or conditions, potassium-sparing diuretics (spironolactone and others), potassium supplementation, ACE inhibitors (Capoten®, Vasotec®, Zestril®, and others), angiotensin-II receptor antagonists (Cozaar®, Diovan®, Avapro®, and others), and heparin.
Do not use estrogens with or without progestins to prevent heart disease, heart attack or strokes.
Using estrogens with or without progestins may increase your chances of getting heart attacks, strokes, breast cancer and blood clots.
The most commonly reported side effects are irregular vaginal bleeding, breast pain and headaches.
Do not use ANGELIQ if you have had your uterus removed (hysterectomy), have unusual vaginal bleeding, have or have had a stroke or heart attack in the past year, currently have or have had blood clots, liver problems, or are allergic to ANGELIQ or any of its ingredients.
Estrogens with or without progestins should be used at the lowest effective doses and only for as long as menopausal symptoms persist. You and your healthcare provider should talk regularly about whether or not you still require treatment with ANGELIQ.
Motrin is the registered trademark of Johnson & Johnson Company; Advil is the registered trademark of Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, Inc.; Aleve is the registered trademark of Bayer HealthCare LLC; Naprosyn is the registered trademark of Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.; Capoten is the registered trademark of Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.; Vasotec is the registered trademark of Merck & Company, Inc.; Zestril is the registered trademark of AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical LP; Diovan is the registered trademark of Novartis Corporation; Avapro is the registered trademark of Sanofi-Aventis US, LP; Cozaar is the registered trademark of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.
