DEPO-PROVERA® CI What should I tell my healthcare professional before taking Depo-Provera CI?

(medroxyprogesterone acetate injectable suspension, for intramuscular use)

What should I tell my healthcare professional before taking Depo-Provera CI?

Before taking Depo-Provera CI, tell your healthcare professional if you have:

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risk factors for weak bones (osteoporosis) such as bone disease, use alcohol or smoke regularly, anorexia nervosa, or a strong family history of osteoporosis
•
irregular or lighter than usual menstrual periods
•
breast cancer now or in the past, or think you have breast cancer
•
a family history of breast cancer
•
an abnormal mammogram (breast X-ray), lumps in your breasts, or bleeding from your nipples
•
kidney problems
•
high blood pressure
•
had a stroke
•
had blood clots in your arms, legs or lungs
•
migraine headaches
•
asthma
•
epilepsy (convulsions or seizures)
•
diabetes
•
depression or a history of depression
•
any other medical conditions

If you are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed, Depo-Provera CI can pass into your breast milk. Talk to your healthcare professional about the best way to feed your baby if you take Depo-Provera CI.

Tell your healthcare professional about all of the medicines you take, including prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.

Depo-Provera CI and certain other medicines may affect each other, causing serious side effects. Sometimes the doses of other medicines may need to be changed while you are taking Depo-Provera CI.

Some medicines may make Depo-Provera CI less effective at preventing pregnancy, including those listed below.

Especially tell your healthcare professional if you take:

•
medicine to help you sleep
•
bosentan
•
medicine for seizures
•
griseofulvin
•
an antibiotic
•
medicine for HIV (AIDS)
•
St. John's wort

Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of your medicines with you to show your healthcare professional or pharmacist before you first start taking Depo-Provera CI or when you get a new medicine.

Follow your healthcare professional's instructions about using a back-up method of birth control if you are taking medicines that may make Depo-Provera CI less effective.

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What should I tell my healthcare professional before taking Depo-Provera CI?

What should I tell my healthcare professional before taking Depo-Provera CI?

Before taking Depo-Provera CI, tell your healthcare professional if you have:

•
risk factors for weak bones (osteoporosis) such as bone disease, use alcohol or smoke regularly, anorexia nervosa, or a strong family history of osteoporosis
•
irregular or lighter than usual menstrual periods
•
breast cancer now or in the past, or think you have breast cancer
•
a family history of breast cancer
•
an abnormal mammogram (breast X-ray), lumps in your breasts, or bleeding from your nipples
•
kidney problems
•
high blood pressure
•
had a stroke
•
had blood clots in your arms, legs or lungs
•
migraine headaches
•
asthma
•
epilepsy (convulsions or seizures)
•
diabetes
•
depression or a history of depression
•
any other medical conditions

If you are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed, Depo-Provera CI can pass into your breast milk. Talk to your healthcare professional about the best way to feed your baby if you take Depo-Provera CI.

Tell your healthcare professional about all of the medicines you take, including prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.

Depo-Provera CI and certain other medicines may affect each other, causing serious side effects. Sometimes the doses of other medicines may need to be changed while you are taking Depo-Provera CI.

Some medicines may make Depo-Provera CI less effective at preventing pregnancy, including those listed below.

Especially tell your healthcare professional if you take:

•
medicine to help you sleep
•
bosentan
•
medicine for seizures
•
griseofulvin
•
an antibiotic
•
medicine for HIV (AIDS)
•
St. John's wort

Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of your medicines with you to show your healthcare professional or pharmacist before you first start taking Depo-Provera CI or when you get a new medicine.

Follow your healthcare professional's instructions about using a back-up method of birth control if you are taking medicines that may make Depo-Provera CI less effective.
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What should I tell my healthcare professional before taking Depo-Provera CI?

What should I tell my healthcare professional before taking Depo-Provera CI?

Before taking Depo-Provera CI, tell your healthcare professional if you have:

•
risk factors for weak bones (osteoporosis) such as bone disease, use alcohol or smoke regularly, anorexia nervosa, or a strong family history of osteoporosis
•
irregular or lighter than usual menstrual periods
•
breast cancer now or in the past, or think you have breast cancer
•
a family history of breast cancer
•
an abnormal mammogram (breast X-ray), lumps in your breasts, or bleeding from your nipples
•
kidney problems
•
high blood pressure
•
had a stroke
•
had blood clots in your arms, legs or lungs
•
migraine headaches
•
asthma
•
epilepsy (convulsions or seizures)
•
diabetes
•
depression or a history of depression
•
any other medical conditions

If you are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed, Depo-Provera CI can pass into your breast milk. Talk to your healthcare professional about the best way to feed your baby if you take Depo-Provera CI.

Tell your healthcare professional about all of the medicines you take, including prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.

Depo-Provera CI and certain other medicines may affect each other, causing serious side effects. Sometimes the doses of other medicines may need to be changed while you are taking Depo-Provera CI.

Some medicines may make Depo-Provera CI less effective at preventing pregnancy, including those listed below.

Especially tell your healthcare professional if you take:

•
medicine to help you sleep
•
bosentan
•
medicine for seizures
•
griseofulvin
•
an antibiotic
•
medicine for HIV (AIDS)
•
St. John's wort

Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of your medicines with you to show your healthcare professional or pharmacist before you first start taking Depo-Provera CI or when you get a new medicine.

Follow your healthcare professional's instructions about using a back-up method of birth control if you are taking medicines that may make Depo-Provera CI less effective.

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