Ulipristal Stada EFG 30 mg, 1 Film-coated Tablet

It is anemergency oral contraceptive medicine used as a last resort after unprotected sex or when the usual method of protection has failed.

It contains 1 film-coated tablet.

Formulated for adult women of childbearing age.

The tablet should be taken as soon as possible, but no later than 5 days after unprotected sex.

You can take the tablet at any time during your menstrual cycle.

If you vomit within three hours of taking the medicine, you should take another tablet as soon as possible.

Do not use Ulipristal 30 mg:

• If you have previously had an ectopic (outside the uterus) pregnancy, if you have had pelvic inflammatory disease (salpingitis), if you have a high risk factor for thrombosis, if you have a disease that interferes with the absorption of food and drugs, or if you have liver or bowel disease (such as Crohn's disease ).
• If you are already pregnant, as this medicine does not interrupt a pregnancy already in progress, so you should not take it if pregnancy has already occurred.

• Breast-feeding care: It is possible to take this medicine while breast-feeding but because levonorgestrel is excreted in breast milk, you should breast-feed immediately before taking the tablet and wait at least 8 hours before breast-feeding your baby again.
• This medicine contains lactose (special care for those who are lactose intolerant or allergic) and sodium (special care in hypertension).

Like all medicines, Ulipristal may cause side effects.In this case, the following common side effects have been observed: nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, headache, delayed menstrual period, bleeding, tiredness, breast tenderness.. .

The active substance in Ulipristal Stada is ulipristal acetate. Specifically, each tablet contains 30 milligrams of ulipristal acetate. The other excipients are:lactose monohydrate, pregelatinised maize starch, solid carboxymethyl starch (type A) (from Stada).(potato) starch, magnesium stearate, hypromellose (E464), hydroxypropylcellulose (E463), stearic acid (E570), talc (E553b), titanium dioxide (E171).

This is an emergency contraceptive that should not be used as a regular method of contraception . It should be administered as soon as possible after unprotected sexual intercourse or contraceptive failure .

If you vomit within 3 hours after administration, you should take another tablet as soon as possible.

If you have any questions, please contact our team of pharmacists.