Endace 40 mg Tablet

Uses

Megestrol is generally used in treatment of breast cancer and endometrial cancer It is also used for treating appetite and weight loss in patients with advanced cancer or HIV.

Side Effects

• Abdominal bloating
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Edema (swelling)
• Irritability
• Muscle pain

How to use

Consume this medicine in the dosage and duration as per your doctors advise. While taking Megestrol, swallow it completely without crushing, breaking or chewing it. Megestrol is advised to be taken at a fixed time, but may be taken together with food (or) without food.

How it works

Megestrol is a progestin (female hormones). It works in patients with breast cancer and endometrial cancer by lowering certain hormones produced in tumours that are responsible for causing pain. It is not clear how Megestrol treats appetite and weight loss.

Faqs

Q. Is Megestrol safe?
Megestrol is safe if it is taken at a particular dose, duration and indication as prescribed by the doctor

Q. Is Megestrol a steroid/ chemo drug?
Megestrol is a steroid and also used in chemotherapy of breast cance

Q. Is Megestrol acetate a controlled substance?
Megestrol is not a controlled substance

Q. Is Megestrol cytotoxic?
Megestrol is a progestational agent or a synthetic form of the female sex hormone progesterone. Its anti-neoplastic effect against breast cancer is exerted by inhibition of pituitary gonadotrophin production (type of hormone released from the pituitary gland) and resultant decrease in estrogen secretion, and to some extent by direct cytotoxic effect on tumor cells

Q. Does Megestrol stop bleeding?
Megestrol stops unusual heavy bleeding from the uterus (dysfunctional uterine bleeding).

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