The drug "Vizanne" instruction is presented as a hormonal agent, which is a derivative of nortestosterone and is included in the group of progestogens, characterized by high antiandrogenic activity.
The basis of this medication is binding to the hormones of the so-called "yellow body" of the ovaries. At the same time, the Vizanna remedy, the instruction to which this confirms, acts on endometriosis by suppressing the trophic effects of estrogens, due to a decrease in their production and a decrease in their concentration in the blood. As for the pharmacokinetics of this hormonal agent, its highest concentrations are observed approximately one and a half to two hours after a single dose, and the half-life is about nine to ten hours.
The drug "Vizanna" is produced, the instructions for which are always attached, in the form of white tablets containing about two milligrams of dienogest as an active component. Excipients are potato starch, lactose monohydrate, povidone K25, microcrystalline cellulose, magnesium stearate, crospovidone and talc. Based on this composition, Vizanna tablets are generally recommended by specialists for the treatment of patients with endometriosis.
It is strictly forbidden to prescribe this hormonal agent in case of serious diseases and a tumor of the liver, venous thromboembolism, acute form of thrombophlebitis, myocardial infarction, coronary disease, transient ischemic attack or stroke. In case of diabetes mellitus, lactase deficiency, vaginal bleeding, galactose intolerance and cholestatic jaundice in pregnant women, you should also not start taking Vizann tablets. The instruction also indicates the inadmissibility of their use by patients under eighteen years of age, as well as by persons suffering from hypersensitivity to dienogest. With extreme caution, this drug is used for hypertension, hyperlipidemia, heart failure, deep vein thrombophlebitis and depression.
The list of possible side effects triggered by the use of Vizann tablets includes headaches, mood changes, loss of libido, sleep disturbance, nervousness, hot flashes, bloating, back pain, flatulence, nausea and alopecia. In addition, there may be increased irritability, onychoclasia,
vaginal candidiasis and
asthenic conditions. Vaginal bleeding, abdominal pain, acne,
arterial hypotension, hirsutism, hyperhidrosis and gingivitis can also occur as a result of taking Vizann tablets. Side effects are also expressed by increased appetite, dry eyes, tinnitus, impaired attention, muscle cramps, anemia, discomfort in the mammary glands and their tightness, shortness of breath, itching, dermatitis, pigmentation disorders, atrophic vulvovaginitis, fibrocystic mastopathy.