Here is a detailed overview of:
💊 Ethinylestradiol Tablet 0.01 mg
(Low-dose estrogen-only formulation)
🧪 Nature / Drug Class
🔹 Synthetic estrogen
🔹 Hormonal class: Estrogen derivative
🩺 Purpose / Indications
✅ Commonly used in:
- Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) (especially in combination)
- Delayed puberty in females (select cases)
- Menstrual disorders (e.g., amenorrhea)
- Occasionally used in very low-dose contraceptive regimens (in combination with a progestin)
⚙️ Advantages
✔️ Very low estrogen content, reducing estrogenic side effects
✔️ Can be combined flexibly with progestins
✔️ Useful in sensitive populations, such as adolescents or elderly women
📦 Common Packaging
📦 Blister strip of 21 or 28 tablets
💊 Typically scored tablets for dose flexibility
⚠️ Patient Advice / Precautions
❗ Should not be used alone for contraception
❗ Caution in:
- History of thromboembolic events
- Liver dysfunction
- Breast or endometrial cancer
⚠️ May cause:
- Breast tenderness, nausea, headache
- Breakthrough bleeding if used inappropriately
- Increased clotting risk (though low dose reduces this)
🧊 Storage
🌡 Store below 30°C, away from light and moisture
🚫 Keep out of reach of children