Drug details
Depo-SubQ Provera (medroxyprogesterone acetate)
type of Progestins
Depo-SubQ Provera (medroxyprogesterone acetate) is a form of progesterone, a female hormone used as contraception to prevent pregnancy. Depo-SubQ Provera is also used to reduce pain cause by endometriosis, and to ease pain and other symptoms in women with metastatic uterine or kidney cancer.
The drug is often used to treat Endometriosis .
This drug may have the following side effects:
- headache
- nausea
- swelling
- stomach pain
- tiredness
- dizziness
- fatigue
- irritability
- drowsiness
- acne
- bloating
- joint pain
- decreased sex drive
- weight gain
- breast tenderness
- hot flashes
- irregular menstrual bleeding
- changes in appetite
- injection site reactions (irritation, pain, skin changes, or a hard lump)
The following drugs are related to Depo-SubQ Provera, either as a replacement or used together:
- Slynd (drospirenone tablets)
- Ella (ulipristal acetate tablet)
- Nexplanon (etonogestrel implant)
- Generess Fe (norethindrone and ethinyl estradiol chewable tablets and ferrous fumarate)
- Xulane (norelgestromin and ethinylestradiol transdermal system)
- Ortho Evra (norelgestromin, ethinyl estradiol transdermal)