Directions
Follow instructions if self-medicating and the guidance of your healthcare provider if the medicaiton has been prescribed.
- Elleste Solo should be taken for 28 days.
- If possible, you should start the medication on the first day of your monthly period.
- You can find information on which tablet to take next on the pill strip.
- Upon finishing a pack, start a new one the next day.
- Take the medicine at the same time each day, as indicated in the directions on the pack.
- Swallow the whole tablet with water.
- You can do this with or without food.
Ingredients
The active ingredient in Elleste Solo is Estradiol (as hemihydrate).
Elleste Solo tablets contains the inactive ingredients, lactose monohydrate, maize starch, povidone, talc, magnesium, stearate, macrogol 400, and hypromellose (E464).
Warnings
You should not use Elleste Solo if you:
- Have had breast cancer before
- May have cancer that is sensitive to oestrogen (inclusive of uterine cancer)
- Have endometrial hyperplasia that’s not yet treated
- Have had a blood clot before or are suffering from a blood clotting disorder
- Have recently had a stroke or heart attack
- Have unexplained vaginal bleeding
- Suffering from porphyria
- Have a history of liver disease
- Are pregnant or breastfeeding
- Are allergic to any of the ingredients in Elleste Duet Conti
If you’ve had any of the following conditions before, tell your medical officer before you take Elleste Solo:
- Fibroids
- Impaired liver function
- Uterine problems including endometrial hyperplasia or endometriosis
- Circulation problems
- High risk of blood clots
- Diabetes
- High blood pressure
- Migraine
- Gallstones
- An autoimmune disorder
- Asthma
- Epilepsy
- A history of severe allergic reactions
- Fluid retention
- High-fat levels in the blood
- Obesity
- Otosclerosis (a hereditary ear disorder)
- A family history of breast cancer or any other oestrogen-sensitive cancer.
