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Femhrt
What is Femhrt?
This medication is an estrogen supplement it is given to women who do not produce enough estrogen or to girls who are not developing at a normal rate. It also helps to reduce signs of menopause such as hot flashes, chills and dizziness. It is at times also used to prevent osteoporosis in women after menopause.
How should this medication be taken?
Take this medication by mouth be sure to swallow this medication whole. Do not chew it or crush it. If you have trouble swallowing or are on a feeding tube ask your doctor what can be done so that you can take your medication normally. Take it with a full glass of water it may help so that you can swallow the pills better. This medication can be taken with or without food. If it causes your stomach to become upset take it with a meal or a snack. Do not stop taking it suddenly after you have been taking it for more than a couple of weeks if you feel you need to stop this medication be sure to let your doctor know. If you miss a dose take it as soon as you remember it if it is almost time for the next dose skip it and go back to your regular schedule.
In case of an overdose.
If you feel you or someone else has taken an over dose call poison control or go to your local emergency room right away. It is not known to cause death if taken an overdose but there is a possibility of it so it is best to go to your local emergency room if you feel you have taken an overdose.
Side effects of this medication
There are no known serious side effects with this medication however some side effects of this medication that have been reported by some women to occur are any of the following:
- Headache
- Dizziness
- Breast pain/tenderness
- Vaginal bleeding
- Swelling of feet or legs
- Depression
- Flu like symptoms
Also some rare side effects have also been reported by some women but are not really likely to happen but if the do and they become bother some as with any other side effects be sure to talk to your doctor about them to see what can be done about the. Rare side effects are as follow:
- Breast lumps
- Vaginal discharge
- Discharge form nipples
- Unable to breath
- Fainting
- Slurred speech
Drug and food interactions
Be sure to tell your doctor about nay meds that you are taking so that he can see if they will interact with this medication or not. Also tell your doctor if you are taking any medications that are none prescribed like allergy pills vitamins and also her bal products. Tell your doctor all medications you are taking and do not start taking others with out talking to your doctor first. There are no known food interactions when taking this medication but if you feel that it because strange symptoms when you eat a certain foods talk to your doctor about it to see what can be done. If you see a pattern when eating a certain food and taking this medication stop eating that food until you have talked to your doctor about it.
Precautions when taking this medication
Do not take this medication if you are pregnant if you might become pregnant talk to your doctor to see how long u can take this medication for before you become pregnant. Also talk to your doctor about breast feeding asks him if it is safe or if the medication will pass through the breast milk into the babies system and if it will cause harm to the baby. Be careful while driving because this medication can cause drowsiness and also be careful when doing any activities that need you to be alert until you know how this medication will affect you.
Drug interactions
. When you take other medications along with this one it may affect how this medication works or how the other medications work. Some foods and drugs can interact with this medication such so tell your doctor about any of the following thing:
- If you drink alcohol
- If you take ibprohin
- If you take water pills
- If you take herbs or vitamins
Keep a list of your medications and give them to your health care provider.
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