Estradiol Vaginal Tablets

By Kristi Monson, PharmD; Arthur Schoenstadt, MD |

Estradiol Vaginal Tablets: What Should I Tell My Healthcare Provider?

You should talk with your healthcare provider prior to using estradiol vaginal tablets if you have:

Cancer (or if you have had cancer in the past)
Unexplained vaginal bleeding
High blood pressure (hypertension)
High cholesterol
A history of blood clots
A history of heart attack or stroke
Heart disease
Liver disease, such as liver failure, cirrhosis, hepatitis, or liver tumors
Kidney disease, including kidney failure (renal failure)
Diabetes
Yellowing of the whites of the eyes or skin (jaundice) during a prior pregnancy or estrogen use
High triglycerides
Gallbladder disease
Congestive heart failure (CHF)
Uterine fibroids
Any allergies, including allergies to drugs, foods, preservatives, or dyes.

Also, let your healthcare provider know if you:

Have an upcoming surgery
Smoke cigarettes
Are pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant (see Vagifem and Pregnancy)
Are breastfeeding (see Vagifem and Breastfeeding).

Make sure to tell your healthcare provider about any other medicines you are taking, including prescription and non-prescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.

(Click Precautions and Warnings With Estradiol Vaginal Tablets to learn more, including information on who should not take the drug.)

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References

Vagifem [package insert]. Princeton, NJ: Novo Nordisk, Inc.;2012 April.

Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Electronic orange book: Approved drug products with therapeutic equivalence evaluations. FDA Web site. Available at: http://www.fda.gov/cder/ob/. Accessed April 7 2008.

Briggs GG, Freeman RK, Yaffe SJ. Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation. 7th ed. Philadelphia (PA): Lippincott Williams & Wilkins;2005.

National Library of Medicine (US). Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMED). NLM Web site. Available at: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?LACT. Accessed April 7, 2008.

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