Discussion Guide
Talking with your Healthcare Professional.
Before starting any new medication, it is important to understand the benefits and risks of all your treatment options.
Talk openly with your healthcare professional about your personal and family medical history as well as your diet and current exercise routine. This information will help you and your healthcare professional determine what treatment option may be right for you.
To get the most out of your next medical appointment, think about what you want to know in advance. The following list of questions is a great place to start:
- Am I going through menopause?
- Are my menopausal symptoms considered moderate to severe?
- What is hormone therapy?
- What hormone therapies are available to treat menopausal symptoms?
- How is ANGELIQ® with drospirenone (drsp®) and estradiol different from other hormone therapies?
- How do I know if ANGELIQ is right for me?
- Should I be concerned about taking hormone therapy?
- How should recent news about hormone therapy impact my treatment?
- Are there any lifestyle changes I can make to help me feel more comfortable during menopause?
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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.