Gestrenol 5mg Tablet

✔️ Uses of Gestrenol 5mg Tablet

• Prevent Premature Delivery.
• To prevent repeated pregnancy loss.
• Control Bleeding, for the period of first three months of pregnancy.
• Premature labor
• Miscarriage
• Habitual abortion
• pregnancy-related growth retardation
• Failure of nidation

✔️ How to use Gestrenol

• Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor.
• Swallow it as a whole.
• Do not chew, crush or break it.
• Gestrenol may be taken with or without food, but it is better to take it at a fixed time.

✔️ How does Gestrenol work?

• Gestrenol is a progestin (female hormone).
• It helps in maintaining pregnancy by promoting the attachment of the embryo to the lining of the womb and improving blood flow to the placenta.
• It also relaxes the uterus muscles thereby preventing premature labor.

✔️ Quick Suggestions:

• Gestrenol is used to treat recurrent miscarriages and shield pregnant women from having preterm babies.
• Follow the dosage and time recommendations suggested by your doctor.
• After delivery, it must be stopped since it can have an impact on the child.
• Unless you are aware of how the drug affects you, avoid driving or engaging in any activity that calls for concentration.
• Do not abruptly stop taking it without first consulting your doctor.

✔️ Side-Effects of Gestrenol 5

Treatment with Allylestrenol (especially a long-term treatment) is known to cause some gastrointestinal complaints such as 

• Edema (swelling)
• Bloating
• Anxiety
• Change in weight
• Unwanted hair growth
• Menstrual disturbances
• Swelling over body
• Irritation
• Depression
• Muscle pain and sometimes epigastric discomfort.

✔️ Indications of Gestrenol 5

Gestrenol 5 is indicated in:

• Habitual abortion
• Threatened premature delivery
• Intra Uterine Growth Retardation (IUGR)
• Threatened abortion

✔️ Pharmacology

Threatening pregnancies are treated with allylestrenol, a synthetic progesterone derivative. It can assist women in delaying labor and delivering a healthy baby. It activates the myometrium's secretory phase and fosters the conditions necessary for the fertilized ovum to develop. It has a tocolytic effect and lessens the myometrium's oxytocin sensitivity. It promotes the production of aldosterone by the adrenal glands, acinus of the mammary glands, and trophoblast secretory activity. Additionally, allylestrenol has a variety of beta-adrenergic effects. Promoting the body's natural production of placental progesterone, consequently boosts the production of placental hormones.

✔️ Dosage & Administration of Gestrenol 5

• Abortion threat: Take 1 tablet three times daily until symptoms go away.
• As soon as pregnancy is discovered, take 1-2 tablets daily to prevent habitual abortion. Following the conclusion of the critical period, the administration should continue for at least one month.
• One tablet, three times per day, for at least two months, for intrauterine growth retardation If symptoms get better, cut back on the dose.
• Premature delivery risk: Each patient's dosage needs to be decided. High doses have been used, up to 40 mg per day.
• If a patient forgets to take a dose, she should resume her regular dosing schedule as soon as she remembers. A second dose is not advised.

✔️ Interactions of Gestrenol 5

If you also take other prescription drugs or over-the-counter medications, the effects of the Gestrenol Tablet may change. This might increase your susceptibility to side effects or stop your medication from working as intended. Informing your doctor about all of your prescription and over-the-counter medications will enable him or her to help you manage or prevent drug interactions.

Gestrenol Tablets may interact with the following drugs and products:

• Carbamazepine
• Griseofulvin
• Ketoconazole
• Phenobarbital
• Phenytoin
• Rifampin

✔️ Contraindications

Cerebral apoplexy, as a diagnostic test for pregnancy; severe hepatic impairment, Hypersensitivity; thrombophlebitis; undiagnosed vaginal bleeding, incomplete abortion, hormone-dependent carcinoma.

✔️ Pregnancy & Lactation

Allylestrenol is specifically designed to be taken during pregnancy. It should be discontinued after delivery as it may affect a nursing infant to a small but noticeable degree.

✔️ Precautions & Warnings

• Patients with the following conditions should be cautious: Heart disease, congestive heart failure, sick sinus syndrome, coronary artery disease, seizures, epilepsy, renal dysfunction, migraine headaches, or breathing diseases including asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, or COPD, breast-feeding.
• Do not stop taking it suddenly without talking to your doctor first.

✔️ Storage Conditions

Keep below 30°C temperature, away from light & moisture. Keep out of the reach of children.