Fempatch

What is Fempatch?
            This medication is a type of estrogen and is used to treat women who are going through menopause or girls who are not maturing at a normal rate. It is also used to treat the symptoms of menopause, such as hot flashes, vaginal dryness.

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. If this is the case your doctor might prescribe the injection or the ring that can be entered into the vagina.  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
            Side affects of this medication can include any of the following there are some serious and less serious side effects of this medication, serious side effects can include:

• Pain in chest
• Shortness of breath
• Vaginal bleeding
• Vomiting blood
• Lump in your breast

If you feel any of these serious symptoms stop taking this medication and seek medical attention right away.

Less serious side effects can include any of the following:

• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Loss of sex drive
• Swelling

If any of these symptoms become bothersome be sure to ask your doctor what can be done about them.

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 .Be sure to tell your doctor if you are taking any none prescription drugs such as aspirin, allergy meds, victims and herbal products. Anti-depression meds might interfere with this medication so be sure to tell your doctor if you are taking any. 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 cause 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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