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💊 Ethinylestradiol Tablet 0.05 mg
(Moderate-dose estrogen-only formulation)
🧪 Nature / Drug Class
🔹 Synthetic estrogen
🔹 Hormonal agent — Estrogen class
🩺 Purpose / Indications
✅ Used in:
- Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
- Treatment of hypoestrogenism (e.g., ovarian failure, Turner syndrome)
- Amenorrhea or menstrual irregularities
- Palliative treatment of prostate or breast cancer (in select cases)
- Occasionally used in emergency contraception (in combination with progestins like levonorgestrel)
⚙️ Advantages
✔️ Higher dose allows stronger estrogenic effect
✔️ Effective in severe estrogen deficiency
✔️ Can be used short-term to induce withdrawal bleeding
📦 Common Packaging
📦 Supplied in blister packs of 10 to 28 tablets
💊 Usually uncoated or sugar-coated tablets
⚠️ Patient Advice / Precautions
❗ Not recommended for routine contraception alone
❗ Use with caution in patients with:
- History of thromboembolism or stroke
- Liver dysfunction
- Breast/endometrial cancer history
⚠️ May cause:
- Nausea, fluid retention, breast tenderness
- Elevated risk of thromboembolic events, especially with prolonged use
- Changes in liver enzymes
🧊 Storage
🌡 Store below 30°C
🚫 Protect from moisture and light
🔒 Keep out of reach of children