Estradiol (tablet)

🧮 Dose calculator

Menopausal vasomotor symptoms · Regimen source: FDA Estradiol tablets · Dosage and Administration

• • Adjust to control symptoms, down to the lowest maintenance dose; add a progestin if the uterus is intact. FDA Estradiol tablets · Dosage and Administration

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👥 Special populations

• 🤰 PregnancyContraindicated

  Label: contraindicated in pregnancy. FDA Estradiol tablets · CONTRAINDICATIONS

  “Known or suspected pregnancy.”

• 🤱 BreastfeedingUse with caution

  Label: use with caution while breastfeeding; see the label text. FDA Estradiol tablets · Precautions/Warnings – Nursing Mothers

  “Caution should be exercised when estradiol is administered to a nursing woman.”

• 👶 ChildrenSafety not established

  Label: safety and effectiveness in children have not been established. FDA Estradiol tablets · Precautions/Warnings – Pediatric Use

  “Safety and effectiveness in pediatric patients have not been established.”

• 👴 Older adultsDangerous / avoid

  Label: serious warning or avoid in older adults. FDA Estradiol tablets · Boxed Warning

  “The Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS), a substudy of WHI, reported increased risk of developing probable dementia in postmenopausal women 65 years of age or older during 4 years of treatment with oral conjugated estrogens plus medroxyprogesterone acetate relative to placebo.”

• ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialNo data

  The source for this drug has no section for this group.