PRIMOLUT N TAB

What Norethisterone is used for:


Norethisterone contains norethisterone, which belongs to a group of medicines called progestogens, which are female hormones. Norethisterone can be used in several different circumstances:

• to treat irregular, painful or heavy periods

• to treat endometriosis (where tissue from the lining of the womb is present in places where it is not normally found)

• to treat premenstrual syndrome (also known as premenstrual tension)

• to delay periods



Do not take Norethisterone:


• if you are allergic to norethisterone or any of the other ingredients of this medicine

• if you have ever had a problem with your blood circulation.

• if you have any symptoms of a blood clot

• if you have any condition which makes you more at risk of a blood clot

• if you have ever suffered migraine with visual disturbance

• if you have (or are recovering from) a liver disease

• if you have (or have ever had) liver tumors

• if you have diabetes with damaged blood vessels

• if you have any type of cancer

• if you have problems with genital bleeding for which the cause is not yet known

• if you have a condition called endometrial hyperplasia which has not been treated

• if you have hepatitis C

• if you have had any of the following conditions when you were pregnant: yellowing of the skin (idiopathic jaundice of pregnancy) or itching of the whole body (pruritus of pregnancy)