Prempro

(prĕm′prō′)

A trademark for a drug combination of conjugated estrogens and medroxyprogesterone acetate, used for postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy.

Prempro®

Gynecology An OC with ↑ medroxyprogesterone acetate–Cycrin^® and estrogen conjugates–Premarin^®. See Oral contraceptives.

Patient discussion about Prempro

Q. my doctor took me off of prempro and i would like to know if this would make me so tried for i have fibro. i went to see my doctor 3 week ago but he took me off of prempro and i have a high level of fibromyalgia and now i don't know if that would make me hurt and get tried like this,or this is a flare.help

A. As far as I know prempro isn't used for treating fibromyalgia, so stoping it may not necesarily cause a flare up of the fibromyalgia.

Anyway, you may want to discuss the implication of changing your medications with your doctor.

More discussions about Prempro

This content is provided by iMedix and is subject to iMedix Terms. The Questions and Answers are not endorsed or recommended and are made available by patients, not doctors.

Mentioned in ?

medroxyprogesterone

References in periodicals archive ?

The memo specifically named the menopause hormone therapy drugs Prempro and Premarin.

Trump's FDA and PenceWorld: The Battles Ahead

Price European Price Premarin 28 0.6 mg $14.98 $4.25 Synth raid 50 100 mg $13.84 $2.95 Coumadin 25 10 mg $30.25 $2.85 Prozac 14 20 mg $36.12 $18.50 Prilosec 20 28 mg $109.00 $39.25 Norvasc 30 5 mg $44.00 $23.00 Olaritin 20 10 mg $44.00 $8.75 Augmentin 12 500 mg $49.50 $8.75 Zocor 28 20 mg $96.99 $45.00 Paxtl 28 30 mg $63.69 $43.00 Zestril 60 5 mg $53.49 $15.00 Prempro 28 0.6 mg $23.49 $4.75 Glucophage 50 850 mg $54.49 $4.50 Cipro 20 500 mg $87.99 $62.75 Zoloft 100 50 mg $80.00 $65.00 Pravachol 28 10 mg $55.60 $31,00

Outrageously high drug prices

A 2010 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that women who take Prempro are twice as likely to die from breast cancer(4) A study published the same year in Archives of Internal Medicine shows that women taking Prempro or Premarin are also 21% more likely to develop kidney stones over (5) years.' A study published in the Lancet showed that Prempro raises the number of lung cancer deaths.

Compounding outrage upon outrage

Summary: Zoe Littlepage and Rainey Booth, two attorneys who sued Pfizer over Prempro, a menopause drug, will reportedly get more than $21.8 million in legal fees.

Two Houston attorneys will get $21.8M in fees, twice the recommendation for a case involving Pfizer

Elimination of sampling by Wyeth, and now exclusion from drug formularies with the attendant exorbitant increases in cost have, in addition to the absence of a defense by researchers or manufacturers, discouraged continuing use of this valuable medication, even among those in whom the safety and benefits of Premarin and Prempro have been established over years of experience and scores of studies.

Enigmatic inconsistencies between WHI data and conclusions

She has been lead trial counsel for cases involving Prempro, Rezulin, Fen/Phen and other prescription medications.

Zoe B. Littlepage Selected for Esteemed Lawyers of America

In addition to an increased risk of heart disease, stroke and breast cancer, combination estrogen-progestin therapy (such as Prempro) has also been linked to the formation of blood clots.

Persistent possibilities for hormone replacement therapy: a new study points to possible "safe" estrogen for some women, but the issue remains a complicated one

But the study's adverse effects were seen in women who had not had hysterectomies and who were taking a specific treatment drug, Prempro.

Estrogen replacement can be beneficial

"Hormone products containing estrogen that are not bioidentical, such as Prempro, are made with mares' urine."

Bioidentical hormones and menopause: separating fact from fiction: many FDA-approved hormone therapies contain bioidenticals; special formulations are rarely necessary

Ray reports that he has received financial support from Pfizer, was a paid expert witness in a lawsuit by the state of Texas against Merck, and is a paid expert in an insurance company action against the maker of Prempro.

Meta-analysis details NSAIDs' cardiac risks

Wyeth is upset about a recent PLoS Medicine article by Adriane Fugh-Berman describing how it used ghostwritten journal articles to promote Prempro, its hormone replacement therapy.

Bioethics Forum: www.bioethicsforum.org

His associates reported ties to Procter & Gamble, Wyeth Laboratories (maker of Prempro used in the WHI), Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Meditrina Pharmaceuticals Inc., Merck & Co., Boehringer Ingelheim, and Organon, as well as serving as legal consultants regarding hormone therapy