View Visanne overdosage for action to be taken in the event of an overdose.
Administration
May be taken with or without food.
Contraindications
Hypersensitivity. Active venous thromboembolic disorder. Presence or history of arterial & CV disease (eg, MI, CVA, ischemic heart disease); severe hepatic disease as long as liver function values have not returned to normal; benign or malignant liver tumors. DM w/ vascular involvement; known or suspected sex hormone-dependent malignancies; undiagnosed vag bleeding. Pregnancy. Childn prior to menarche.
Obtain a complete medical history & perform physical & gynecological exam prior to initiation or reinstitution of therapy. Patients w/ history of extrauterine pregnancy or impairment of tube function, depression, chloasma gravidarum, gestational DM. Increased risk of MI or cerebral thromboembolism, DVT, pulmonary embolism; breast cancer, hepatic tumor. Adenomyosis uteri or uterine leiomyomata; recurrence of cholestatic jaundice &/or pruritus; persistent ovarian follicles. Galactose intolerance, Lapp lactase deficiency or glucose-galactose malabsorption. Lactation. Changes in bone mineral density (BMD) in adolescents (menarche to 18 yr).
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