What SUSTEN VT 100MG TABLET is used for?

It is used for the treatment of:

• pre-menstrual syndrome which often affects women during the 7 to 10 days before their monthly period
• symptoms of pre-menstrual syndrome include feelings of tension, irritability, depression, headache, breast tenderness, weight gain and bloatedness
• post-natal depression which some women get after their baby has been born

Tell your doctor if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines

• Carbamazepine, Phenytoin used to prevent fits
• Rifampicin used to treat infections

• Always use this medicine exactly as your doctor has told you
• The recommended dose is 200 mg once a day or 400 mg twice a day by vaginal or rectal insertion
• The pessary may be inserted into either the vagina or rectum depending upon the following certain other conditions
• Do not swallow SUSTEN VT 100MG TABLET

How to insert SUSTEN VT 100MG TABLET

• Always wash your hands before and after inserting the pessary
• Vagina - place the pessary between the lips of the vagina and push the pessary upwards and backwards. You may find it easier to do this if you are lying down or squatting
• Rectum (back passage) - gently push the pessary into the rectum for about one inch
• Your muscles will hold the pessary in place when it is in far enough

If you use more SUSTEN VT 100MG TABLET

• If you have accidentally swallowed any of the pessaries or you used more, contact your nearest hospital casualty or your doctor immediately

If you forget to use SUSTEN VT 100MG TABLET

• If you forget to insert a pessary, do so as soon as you remember, unless it is nearly time for the next dose
• Never use two doses together
• Remember to use the remaining doses at the correct time

If you stop using SUSTEN VT 100MG TABLET

• Consult your doctor for advice if you intend to stop or have stopped using SUSTEN VT 100MG TABLET
• Abrupt discontinuation of progesterone dosing may cause increased anxiety, moodiness, and increased sensibility to seizures