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What is Medroxyprogesterone Acetate?

Medroxyprogesterone acetate is a contraceptive used for endometrial carcinoma or renal carcinoma; secondary amenorrhea or abnormal uterine bleeding due to hormonal imbalance; reduction of endometrial hyperplasia in nonhysterectomized postmenopausal women receiving conjugated estrogens.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) 17 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Birth control 15 7 Efficacy_major
Other 15 7 Efficacy_major
Absence of menstruation (amenorrhea) 5 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
HRT 3 1 Efficacy_moderate
Menstrual cramps 3 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate

See all 62 patients currently taking Medroxyprogesterone Acetate

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 5
Moderate
 6
Mild
 4
None
 16

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Medroxyprogesterone Acetate

Weight gain 2
Vaginal dryness 2
Breakthrough intermenstrual bleeding 2
Hair loss (alopecia) 2
Absence of menstruation (amenorrhea) 2
Depressed mood 2
See all 15 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Medroxyprogesterone Acetate. See all 27 dosages ►

  400mg/mL as needed 150mg as needed 1mg as needed 10 mg every 3 months 150 mg every 3 months 2.5 mg daily 100 mg monthly 400 mg every 3 months 5 mg daily 20 mg daily
  4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 9 Number of Patients: 9 5 Number of Patients: 5 9 Number of Patients: 9 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Medroxyprogesterone Acetate (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 13   Doctor's advice: 36%
Side effects too severe 12   Side effects too severe: 33%
Course of treatment ended 10   Course of treatment ended: 28%
Other 6   Other: 17%
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 8%
Expense 2   Expense: 6%
Personal research 2   Personal research: 6%

See all 36 patients who’ve stopped taking Medroxyprogesterone Acetate

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Medroxyprogesterone Acetate

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Stopped Taking Medroxyprogesterone Acetate

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Medroxyprogesterone Acetate

Always
 28 90%
Usually
 1 3%
Sometimes
 1 3%
Never
 1 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Medroxyprogesterone Acetate

Very
 1 3%
Somewhat
 3 10%
A little
 7 23%
Not at all
 20 65%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Medroxyprogesterone Acetate

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 6%
$25-49
 2 11%
< $25
 15 83%

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Report created on February 12, 2012.