Deferiprone 10 days to stop taking the pill a few days to menstruation



Deferiprone tablets are taken orally for 10 days, most women stop taking the medicine for 3-7 days to have menstruation, individual patients more than 10 days, and some patients do not have menstruation after stopping the medicine.

Dydrogesterone is a progestin, if there is some estrogen influence in the patient’s body when taking the medicine, the thickness of endometrium is more than 0.8㎝, and after taking the medicine, the endometrium in proliferative stage can be transformed into endometrium in secretory stage by the influence of progestin. After stopping the medication, the progesterone level retreats, the endometrium shrinks and sheds, and menstruation occurs, and this process varies individually, but it takes 3-7 days for most women.

If patient’s estrogen level is low and endometrial thickness is less than 0.8㎝ when taking medicine, oral progestin has less effect on endometrial, and endometrial can’t atrophy and fall off as scheduled, and menstruation may not come until more than 10 days after stopping medicine.

In some patients, the endometrium has been damaged due to various factors, such as severe uterine infection and uterine adhesion, etc. In this case, the endometrium will not change after oral treatment with dydrogesterone, so it is very likely that menstruation will not come after stopping the medication.

After stopping the drug can be observed for 1 week, menstruation can come, pay attention to menstrual care can be, stopping the drug for more than 10 days without menstruation is recommended to further examination, such as ultrasound, hormone levels, etc. to analyze the cause.