Freedase 30 Tablet

• Freedase 30 tablet is used as a birth control pill (oral contraceptive)
• Can also be effective in treatment of severe acne, and regularise painful and heavy periods

• If you are allergic to dienogest and/or ethinyl estradiol or any other ingredient in Freedase 30.
• If you have or ever have had blood clot in your legs (deep vein thrombosis),in your lungs (pulmonary embolism) or other organs
• If you have disorders that affect your blood clotting
• If you have undergone any surgery due to which you cannot walk
• If you have had heart attack or stroke or its symptoms like severe chest pain, jaw pain
• If you are suffering from disorders like high blood sugar, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and high levels of homocysteine all of which make you prone for clots in your blood vessels
• If you suffer from a type of migraine known as migraine with aura
• If you have or ever had a liver tumour or any form of liver disease
• If you have breast cancer or cancer of the female reproductive organs
• If you have unexplained bleeding from the vagina( female reproductive part) or you lack periods (amenorrhea)

• Headache
• Untimely bleeding or spotting
• Abdominal pain
• Dizziness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
• Tiredness
• Mood swings
• Weight gain
• Breast pain, enlargement of breast

Other General Warnings

• You are pregnant, planning a pregnancy or breastfeeding
• You are planning any surgery
• You are prone to blood clots and/or you have a history or past medical condition of a blood clot.
• You have liver, kidney or gallbladder disease
• You have diabetes or jaundice
• You have heart disease or high blood pressure
• You have abnormal bleeding from the uterus
• You suffer from mood swings
• You are suffering from fits, inflammation of the intestines(inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis), inherited disease of red blood cells ( sickle cell anaemia), elevated levels of fat in the blood (hypertriglyceridemia) or positive family history for this condition, inflammation of the veins (superficial thrombophlebitis), a blood disorder that lead to blood clotting that leads to kidney failure (haemolytic uraemic syndrome), a disorder of body's immune system (systemic lupus erythematosus SLE), dark swollen veins (varicose veins)
• You have disease conditions like hearing loss, porphyria (a disease of the blood), gestational herpes (skin rash with blisters during pregnancy), Sydenham’s chorea (a nerve disease causing sudden movements of the body), that developed on previous use of sex hormones
• You have suffered from a skin condition of golden white patches on the skin known as pregnancy patches (or chloasma when developed on the face)
• You are on the following medications carbamazepine, phenytoin, rifampicin, and St. John’s wort, as these decrease the efficiency of Freedase 30 tablet
• You have missed the dose for more than 7 days

• Take Freedase 30 tablet one everyday for the span of 21 days
• Once the pack is over, your next pack generally starts between day 2 and day 5 of your menstrual cycle. Please consult your doctor before use
• Take the medicine as a whole with a glass of water

• Store Freedase 30 tablets at room temperature(10-30°C) in a cool and dry place.
• Keep it out of the reach of children and pets.

• Do not use this medicine to treat any other condition unless a doctor specifies it.
• Take Freedase 30mcg tablet at the same time every day, preferably with food or after a meal, to reduce the risk of stomach upset.
• If you miss a tablet, take it as soon as you remember and take the next tablet at the regular time. If you miss more than one tablet, consult your healthcare provider.
• Freedase 30mcg tablet does not protect against sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Use a barrier method such as condoms to reduce the risk of STIs.
• Also, inform your doctor about all other medicines that you take and your complete medical history.
• Headache, weight changes, abdominal pain, breast pain, mood swings, and nausea/vomiting may occur in some individuals with the use of this medicine. Tell your doctor if these effects bother you or don't go away.
• Seek medical help urgently for pain, swelling or warmth in one calf, sudden chest pain or breathlessness, coughing blood, a severe unusual headache, sudden visual loss, or weakness down one side. Combined pills raise the risk of blood clots, and these are the warning signs.
• Tell your doctor if you smoke, particularly if you are over 35. Smoking on a combined pill substantially increases the risk of clots, heart attack and stroke.
• Vomiting, or severe diarrhoea, within a few hours of a tablet can mean it was not absorbed. Treat it as a missed pill and use additional precautions.
• Medicines that speed up the liver's handling of hormones reduce how well the pill works - rifampicin and rifabutin, several anti-epileptics, some HIV medicines, and the herbal remedy St John's wort. Ordinary antibiotics are not in this group. Tell any prescriber that you take a contraceptive pill.
• Take it at the same time each day. Consistency matters more for a combined pill than for most medicines, and a routine makes missed tablets less likely.
• Tell your doctor before any planned surgery or a long period of immobility, as the pill may need stopping in advance.

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Missed a Dose

Interactions with other medicines

• Concomitant use of Freedase 30 tablet along with medicines used in treatment of fits (e.g. primidone, phenytoin, barbiturates, carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, topiramate, felbamate), tuberculosis (e.g. rifampicin), HIV and Hepatitis C Virus infections (so-called protease inhibitors and nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors such as ritonavir, nevirapine, efavirenz), fungal infections (e.g. griseofulvin, ketoconazole),products containing St. John's wort, verapamil, macrolides (for example, clarithromycin, erythromycin), diltiazem and penicillin antibiotics like ampicillin and dicloxacillin affect the serum concentration of Freedase 30 tablet and increase the risk of untimely bleeding.
• Freedase 30 tablet reduces the efficiency of medicine lamotrigine (used for fits) and increases the frequency of fits
• The efficacy of medicines used to suppress immune system (ciclosporins) is decreased when used along with Freedase 30 tablet
• Women who are taking medicines for their thyroid hormone need an increase in dosage when concomitantly using Freedase 30 mcg
• The use of contraceptive steroids may influence the results of certain laboratory tests, including biochemical parameters of liver, thyroid, adrenal and renal function, plasma levels of (carrier) proteins.

Interactions with food items