FEMODENE ED Coated tablets Ref.[50472] Active ingredients: 17 alpha-Ethinylestradiol Gestodene

Source: Health Products Regulatory Authority (ZA)  Revision Year: 2022  Publisher: Bayer (Pty) Ltd, Reg. No.: 1968/011192/07, 27 Wrench Road, Isando, 1609

Product name and form

FEMODENE ED 0,03 mg/0,075 mg coated tablets.

Pharmaceutical Form

Coated tablets.

The hormone-containing tablets are small, white, round with convex faces.

The hormone-free tablets are larger, white, round with convex faces.

Qualitative and quantitative composition

The 28-day pack (Every-Day pack) contains:

21 hormone-containing small white tablets:

Each coated tablet contains ethinylestradiol 0,03 mg and gestodene 0,075 mg.

Contains sugar (lactose – 36 mg and sucrose – 20 mg).

7 hormone-free large white coated tablets.

Contains sugar (lactose – 46 mg and sucrose – 34 mg).

For full list of excipients, see section 6.1.

Active Ingredient Description
17 alpha-Ethinylestradiol

Ethinylestradiol is chemically and biologically identical to endogenous human oestradiol. It substitutes for the loss of estrogen production in menopausal women, and alleviates menopausal symptoms. Estrogens prevent bone loss following menopause or ovariectomy.

Gestodene
List of Excipients

Calcium carbonate
Lactose monohydrate
Macrogol 6000
Magnesium stearate
Mairue starch
Montanglycol wax
Povidone 25 000
Povidone 700 000
Sodium calcium edetate
Sucrose
Talc

Pack sizes and marketing

FEMODENE ED is packed in colourless transparent PVC/aluminium blisters containing 21 small, white hormonal tablets plus 7 large white non-hormonal tablets per blister strip.

The blister strip is sealed in a hermetic foil pouch.

The foil pouch is packed into an outer cardboard carton.

Pack sizes: 28 tablets, 84 tablets and 280 tablets.

Not all pack sizes are marketed.

Marketing authorization holder

Bayer (Pty) Ltd, Reg. No.: 1968/011192/07, 27 Wrench Road, Isando, 1609

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

W/21.8.2/98

15 September 1989

Drugs

Drug Countries
FEMODENE Lithuania, United Kingdom, South Africa

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