Package Leaflet: Information for the User
Aidrana 3 mg/ 0.02 mg Film-Coated Tablets
Drospirenone/Ethinylestradiol
Read this leaflet carefully before you start taking this medicine because it contains important information for you.
-This medicine has been prescribed for you only. Do not give it to others even if they have the same symptoms as you, as it may harm them.
Important things you should know about combined hormonal contraceptives (CHCs):
1.What is Aidrana and what it is used for
2.What you need to know before starting to take Aidrana
3.How to take Aidrana
4.Possible side effects
6. Contents of the pack and additional information
Contraceptives that contain two hormones are known as combined contraceptives.
General Considerations Before starting to use aidrana, read the information about blood clots in section 2. It is particularly important that you read the symptoms of a blood clot (see section 2 “Blood Clots”). Before starting to take aidrana, your doctor will ask you some questions about your personal and family medical history. The doctor will also measure your blood pressure, and depending on your individual situation, may perform some other tests. In this prospectus, several situations are described in which you should interrupt the use of aidrana, or in which the reliability of aidrana may decrease. In these situations, you should not have sexual intercourse or should take additional non-hormonal contraceptive precautions, for example, use of a condom or other barrier method. Do not use the rhythm or basal body temperature method. These methods may not be reliable since drospirenona/etinilestradiol alters the monthly changes in body temperature and cervical mucus. Aidrana, like other hormonal contraceptives, does not protect against HIV (AIDS) or any other sexually transmitted disease. |
When Not to UseAidrana
You should not use aidrana if you have any of the conditions listed below. Inform your doctor if you have any of the conditions listed below. Your doctor will discuss with you what other form of contraception would be more suitable.
Do Not Take Aidrana:
Warnings and Precautions When to Consult a Doctor? Seek Urgent Medical Assistance
For a description of the symptoms of these serious adverse effects, see “How to Recognize a Blood Clot”. |
Inform Your Doctor If You Suffer Any of the Following Conditions.
In some situations, you should take special care while using drospirenona/etinilestradiol or any other combined hormonal contraceptive, and may need to be examined periodically by your doctor. If the condition develops or worsens while you are using drospirenona/etinilestradiol, you should also inform your doctor
Consult your doctor or pharmacist before starting to takeaidrana.
Mental Disorders:
Some women who use hormonal contraceptives like aidrana have reported depression or a depressed mood. Depression can be severe and sometimes may induce suicidal thoughts. If you experience mood alterations and depressive symptoms, contact your doctor for additional medical advice as soon as possible.
The use of a combined hormonal contraceptive like aidrana increases your risk of suffering ablood clotcompared to not using it. In rare cases, a blood clot can block blood vessels and cause serious problems.
Blood clots can form:
The recovery of blood clots is not always complete. In rare cases, there may be long-lasting or even fatal effects.
It is essential to remember that the overall risk of a harmful blood clot due to aidrana is small.
HOW TO RECOGNIZE A BLOOD CLOT
Seek Urgent Medical Assistanceif you notice any of the following signs or symptoms.
Do you experience any of these signs? | What could you be suffering from? |
Change in skin color of the leg, e.g. if it becomes pale, red, or blue. | Deep vein thrombosis |
If you are unsure, consult a doctor, as some of these symptoms, such as coughing or shortness of breath, can be confused with a milder condition like a common cold. | Pulmonary embolism |
Symptoms that occur more frequently in one eye:
| Retinal vein thrombosis (blood clot in the eye). |
| Heart attack. |
Sometimes the symptoms of a stroke may be brief, with almost immediate and complete recovery, but you should still seek medical attention as you may be at risk of another stroke. | Stroke |
| Blood clots that block other blood vessels. |
BLOOD CLOTS IN A VEIN
What Can Happen If a Blood Clot Forms in a Vein?
When Is the Risk of a Blood Clot in a Vein Higher?
The risk of a blood clot in a vein is higher during the first year of using a combined hormonal contraceptive for the first time. The risk may be higher if you start taking a combined hormonal contraceptive again (the same medication or a different one) after a break of 4 weeks or more.
After the first year, the risk decreases, but it is always slightly higher than if you were not using a combined hormonal contraceptive.
When you stop taking aidrana, your risk of a blood clot returns to normal in a few weeks.
What Is the Risk of a Blood Clot?
The risk depends on your natural risk of VTE and the type of combined hormonal contraceptive you are taking.
The overall risk of a blood clot in the leg or lung (DVT or PE) with aidrana is small.
Risk of Developing a Blood Clot in a Year | |
Women whodo not usea combined hormonal contraceptive and who are not pregnant | About 2 of every 10,000 women |
Women who use a combined hormonal contraceptive containinglevonorgestrel, noretisterone, or norgestimato | About 5-7 of every 10,000 women |
Women who use aidrana | About 9-12 of every 10,000 women |
Factors That Increase Your Risk of a Blood Clot in a Vein
The risk of having a blood clot with aidrana is small, but some conditions increase the risk. Your risk is higher:
The risk of a blood clot increases the more conditions you have.
Long flights (over 4 hours) may temporarily increase your risk of a blood clot, especially if you have any of the other risk factors listed.
It is essential to inform your doctor if you have any of the above conditions, even if you are unsure. Your doctor may decide that you should stop using aidrana.
If any of the above conditions change while you are using aidrana, for example, a close relative experiences a blood clot without a known cause or you gain a lot of weight, inform your doctor.
BLOOD CLOTS IN AN ARTERY
What Can Happen If a Blood Clot Forms in an Artery?
Like a blood clot in a vein, a blood clot in an artery can cause serious problems. For example, it can cause a heart attack or a stroke.
Factors That Increase Your Risk of a Blood Clot in an Artery
It is essential to note that the risk of a heart attack or stroke due to drospirenona/etinilestradiol is very small, but it may increase:
If you have more than one of these conditions or if any of them are particularly severe, your risk of a blood clot may be increased even further.
If any of the above conditions change while you are using aidrana, for example, you start smoking, a close relative experiences a blood clot without a known cause, or you gain a lot of weight, inform your doctor.
Drospirenona/Ethinylestradiol and Cancer
Cancer of the breast has been observed slightly more frequently in women using combined hormonal contraceptives, but it is not known whether this is due to the treatment. For example, it may be that more tumors are detected in women using combined hormonal contraceptives because they are examined by their doctor more frequently. The incidence of breast tumors decreases gradually after stopping combined hormonal contraceptives. It is essential to undergo regular breast examinations, and you should consult your doctor if you notice any lump.
In rare cases, benign tumors in the liver and, more rarely, malignant tumors have been reported in users of combined hormonal contraceptives. Consult your doctor if you experience any unusual abdominal pain.
During the first few months of taking aidrana, you may experience unexpected bleeding (bleeding outside of the days of placebo pill use). If this bleeding persists beyond a few months or starts after a few months, your doctor should investigate the cause.
What to Do If You Do Not Have a Period During Placebo Days
If you have taken all the active pink pills correctly, have not had severe vomiting or diarrhea, and have not taken other medications, it is highly unlikely that you are pregnant.
If your expected period does not arrive in two consecutive instances, you may be pregnant. Consult your doctor immediately. Do not start the next pack until you are certain that you are not pregnant.
Use of Aidrana with Other Medications
Inform your doctor who prescribed aidrana at all times about any medications or herbal preparations you are taking. Also, inform any other doctor or dentist who prescribes another medication (or your pharmacist) that you are taking aidrana. They may advise you to take additional contraceptive precautions (for example, condoms) and, if so, for how long, or to modify the use of another medication that you need. |
Some medications
This may occur with
Drospirenona/ethinylestradiol mayinfluence the effectof other medications, for example:
Do Not Take Aidranaif you have hepatitis C and are taking medications that contain ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir and dasabuvir, glecaprevir / pibrentasvir, or sofosbuvir/velpatasvir/voxilaprevir, as these medications may cause increases in liver test results (elevated ALT levels).
Your doctor will prescribe another type of contraceptive before starting treatment with these medications.
Aidranacan be restarted approximately 2 weeks after the completion of this treatment. See the section"Do Not Take Aidrana").
Consult your doctor or pharmacist before using any medication
Use of Aidrana with Food and Drinks
Drospirenona/ethinylestradiol can be taken with or without food, and with a little water if necessary.
If you need a blood test, inform your doctor or the laboratory staff that you are taking a contraceptive, as contraceptives may affect the results of some tests.
Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
Pregnancy
If you are pregnant, you should not take aidrana. If you become pregnant while taking aidrana, stop taking it immediately and consult your doctor. If you want to become pregnant, you can stop taking aidrana at any time (see “If You Stop Taking Aidrana”).
Consult your doctor or pharmacist before using any medication.
Breastfeeding
In general, it is not recommended to take aidrana during breastfeeding. If you want to take the contraceptive while breastfeeding, consult your doctor.
Consult your doctor or pharmacist before using any medication.
Driving and Operating Machines
There is no information to suggest that the use of aidrana has any effect on your ability to drive or operate machines.
Aidrana Contains Lactose
If your doctor has told you that you have a lactose intolerance, consult them before taking this medication.
Each blister contains 24 active pink tablets and 4 white placebo tablets. The tablets ofaidranaof different colors are ordered. A blister contains 28 tablets.
Take one aidrana tablet every day, with water if necessary. You can take the tablets with or without food, but at approximately the same time every day.
Do not confuse the tablets: take a pink tablet for the first 24 days and then a white tablet for the last 4 days. After that, you must start another blister immediately (24 pink tablets and then 4 white tablets). There is no interval between two blisters.
Since the composition of the tablets is different, you must start the blister with the tablet from the top left corner and take the tablets every day. Follow the direction of the arrows on the blister to take the tablets in the correct order.
To help you follow the taking order, each aidrana package contains 7 adhesive strips with the 7 days of the week. Choose the strip of the week that starts with the day you take the first tablet. For example, if you take your first tablet on a Wednesday, use the strip that starts with “WED”.
Stick the adhesive strip of the week on the top of the aidrana blister, where it is indicated “Stick the adhesive strip here!”, so that the first day is placed above the tablet marked with “1”.
Now you will have a day marked above each tablet and you can check visually if you have taken your tablet. The arrows indicate the taking order of the tablets.
During the 4 days when you take the placebo tablets (the placebo days), you should have menstruation (the so-called withdrawal bleeding). Usually it starts on the 2nd or 3rd day after taking the last active pink tablet of aidrana. After taking the last white tablet, start the next blister, even if menstruation has not finished. This means that you must start the next blister on the same day of the week that you started the previous one and menstruation by withdrawal should take place during the same days every month.
Since the composition of the tablets is different, you must start the blister with the tablet from the top left corner and take the tablets every day. Follow the direction of the arrows on the blister to take the tablets in the correct order.
When to start with the first blister
Start taking aidrana on the first day of the cycle (i.e. the first day of your menstruation). If you start aidrana on the first day of your menstruation, you are immediately protected against pregnancy. You can also start on days 2–5 of the cycle, but in that case you must use additional contraceptive methods (e.g. a condom) during the first 7 days.
You can start taking aidrana preferably on the day after taking the last active tablet (the last tablet containing active principles) of your previous contraceptive, but no later than the day after the days without tablets (or after the last inactive tablet) of your previous contraceptive. When switching from a combined vaginal ring or patch, follow your doctor's recommendations.
You can switch from progestin-only pills on any day. If it is an implant or an IUS, on the same day of its removal; if it is an injectable, on the day of the next injection. In all cases, it is recommended to use additional contraceptive methods (e.g. a condom) during the first 7 days of taking tablets.
Follow your doctor's recommendations.
After having a child, you can start taking aidrana between 21 and 28 days. If you start later, you must use one of the barrier methods (e.g. a condom) during the first 7 days of aidrana use.
If, after having a child, you have already had sexual intercourse, before starting to take aidrana, you must be sure that you are not pregnant or wait for your next menstrual period.
Read the section “Breastfeeding”.
Consult your doctor if you have doubts about when to start.
If you take moreaidranathan you should
No serious cases of overdose of aidrana have been reported.
If you take many tablets at once, you may feel unwell, vomit or have vaginal bleeding.
This bleeding can occur even in girls who have not yet had their first menstrual period, if they accidentally take this medication.
If you have taken too many aidrana tablets, or if you discover that a child has taken them, consult your doctor or pharmacist.
In case of overdose or accidental ingestion, consult your doctor or pharmacist immediately or call the Toxicological Information Service, phone 91 562 04 20, indicating the medication and the amount ingested.
If you forgot to takeaidrana
The last 4 tablets of the 4th row of the blister are placebo tablets. If you forgot to take one of these tablets, there is no loss of aidrana's contraceptive effect. You must discard the forgotten placebo tablet.
If you forgot to take an active pink tablet (tablets 1–24 of the blister), follow these guidelines:
The risk of incomplete protection against pregnancy is maximum if you forget to take a pink tablet at the beginning or end of the blister. The following recommendations should be followed in this situation (see also the diagram below):
Consult your doctor.
Take the forgotten tablet as soon as you remember, even if this means taking two tablets at once. Continue taking the subsequent tablets at the usual time and useadditional precautions, for example, condoms, during the next 7 days. If you have had sexual intercourse in the week before forgetting the tablet, you should know that there is a risk of pregnancy. In that case, consult your doctor.
Take the forgotten tablet as soon as you remember, even if this means taking two tablets at once. Continue taking the subsequent tablets at the usual time. There is no decrease in protection against pregnancy and you do not need to take additional precautions.
You can choose between two options:
Probably, you will have bleeding at the end of the second blister – during the taking of the second blister – although you may experience spotting or bleeding similar to menstruation during the taking of the second blister.
If you follow one of these two recommendations, you will remain protected against pregnancy.
If you have forgotten to take a tablet from a blister and you do not have menstruation during the placebo days, this may mean that you are pregnant. In this case, you should consult your doctor before continuing with the next blister.
What to do in case of vomiting or intense diarrhea
If you have vomiting in the 3–4 hours after taking an active pink tablet or if you have intense diarrhea, there is a risk that the active principles of the tablet will not be fully absorbed by your body. This is similar to what happens when you forget a tablet. After vomiting or diarrhea, you should take a pink tablet from a reserve package as soon as possible. If possible, take it within 24 hours after the usual time you take your contraceptive. If this is not possible or more than 24 hours have passed, follow the guidelines in the section “If you forgot to take aidrana”.
Delay of menstrual period: what you should know
Although it is not recommended, it is possible to delay your menstrual period if you do not take the white placebo tablets of the 4th row and start taking aidrana tablets until the end of this new blister. You may experience spotting (drops or spots of blood) or bleeding similar to menstruation during the use of the second blister. After finishing this second blister taking the 4 white placebo tablets, start the next blister.
Before deciding to delay your menstrual period, ask your doctor.
Change of first day of menstrual period: what you should know
If you take the tablets according to the instructions, your menstrual period will startduring the placebo days. If you need to change this day, you can do so by reducing theplacebo days(the days when you take the white placebo tablets) – but never extending – 4 days is the maximum! For example, if you start the placebo days on a Friday and want to change it to a Tuesday (3 days earlier), you must start a new blister 3 days earlier than usual. It is possible that there will be no bleeding during these placebo days. Then you may experience spotting or bleeding similar to menstruation.
If you are not sure how to proceed, consult your doctor.
If you interrupt the treatment withaidrana
You can stop taking aidrana whenever you want. If you do not want to get pregnant, consult your doctor about other effective methods of birth control. If you want to get pregnant, stop taking aidrana and wait until your menstrual period before trying to get pregnant. This way you can calculate your estimated due date more easily.
If you have any other questions about the use of this medication, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everyone will experience them.
If you experience any side effect, especially if it is severe and persistent, or if you have any health changes that you think may be related toaidrana, consult your doctor.
Contact a doctor immediately if you experience any of the following angioedema symptoms: swelling of the face, tongue, and/or throat, and/or difficulty swallowing or urticaria with possible difficulty breathing (see also the "Warnings and precautions" section).
All women taking combined hormonal contraceptives are at a higher risk of developing blood clots in the veins (venous thromboembolism (VTE)) or blood clots in the arteries (arterial thromboembolism (ATE)). For more detailed information on the different risks of taking combined hormonal contraceptives, see section 2 "What you need to know before starting to takeaidrana."
The following describes side effects related to the use ofaidrana:
Frequent side effects: can affect up to 1 in 10 people
Less frequent side effects: can affect up to 1 in 100 people
Rare side effects: can affect up to 1 in 1,000 people
The risk of having a blood clot may be higher if you have any other condition that increases this risk (see section 2 for more information on conditions that increase the risk of blood clots and symptoms of a blood clot).
The following side effects have also been reported, but their frequency cannot be estimated from the available data: hypersensitivity, erythema multiforme (skin rash with circular red patches or ulcers).
Reporting of side effects
If you experienceany type of side effect, consult your doctor or pharmacist, even if it is apossibleside effect that does not appear in this prospectus.You can also report them directlythrough the Spanish System for the Pharmacovigilance of Medicinal Products for Human Use:https://www.notificaram.es.By reporting side effects, you can contribute to providing more information on the safety of this medicine
Keep this medication out of the sight and reach of children.
Do not use this medication after the expiration date that appears on the packaging after “CAD”. The expiration date is the last day of the month indicated.
Do not store at a temperature above 30 °C.
Do not dispose of medications through drains or trash.Depositunused packaging and medications at the SIGRE collection point at the pharmacy. If in doubt, ask your pharmacist how to dispose of unused packaging and medications. By doing so, you will help protect the environment.
Composition of aidrana
Each film-coated tablet of color pink contains 3 milligrams of drospirenone and 0.02 milligrams of ethinylestradiol.
The film-coated tablets of color white do not contain active principle.
Film-coated active tablets of color pink
Core of the tablet:lactose monohydrate, potassium polacrilex, povidone K-30, magnesium stearate.
Coating of the tablet film:macrogol 3350,titania dioxide (E171), poly (vinyl alcohol), talc, iron oxide red (E172) and iron oxide yellow (E172).
Film-coated inactive white tablets:
Core of the tablet:lactose monohydrate, potassium polacrilex, povidone K-30, magnesium stearate, anhydrous colloidal silica
Coating of the tablet film:macrogol 3350, titania dioxide (E171), poly (vinyl alcohol), talc.
Appearance of the product and contents of the package
Aidrana is available in packages of 1 and 3 blisters, each containing 28 tablets.
Only some package sizes may be marketed.
Holder of the marketing authorization and responsible for manufacturing
Holder of the marketing authorization
Laboratorios Cinfa, S.A.
Carretera Olaz-Chipi, 10. Industrial Estate Areta
31620 Huarte (Navarra) - Spain
Responsible for manufacturing
Cyndea Pharma, S.L.
Emiliano Revilla Industrial Estate
Av. De Ágreda 31
42110 Ólvega (Soria)- Spain
or
Laboratorios Cinfa, S.A.
Carretera Olaz-Chipi, 10. Industrial Estate Areta
31620 Huarte (Navarra) - Spain
Last review date of this leaflet:july 2024
The detailed information of this medicine is available on the website of the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices (AEMPS)http://www.aemps.gob.es
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