Do not use progesterone without telling your doctor if you are pregnant. It could cause harm to the unborn baby. Use an effective form of birth control, and tell your doctor if you become pregnant during treatment.
You should not use progesterone if you have: abnormal vaginal bleeding, a history of breast cancer, liver disease, or if you have recently had a heart attack, stroke, or blood clot.
Progesterone should not be used to prevent heart disease or dementia, because this medicine may actually increase your risk of developing these conditions.
Using progesterone can increase your risk of blood clots, stroke, heart attack, or breast cancer.
Some forms of this medication may contain peanut oil. Do not use this medicine without telling your doctor if you have a peanut allergy.
Before taking this medicine
You should not use progesterone if you are allergic to it, or if you have:
abnormal vaginal bleeding that a doctor has not checked;
a history of breast cancer;
liver disease;
a peanut allergy;
if you are pregnant;
if you have had a stroke, heart attack, or blood clot within the past year; or
if you have recently had an incomplete miscarriage or "missed" abortion.
Using progesterone can increase your risk of blood clots, stroke, heart attack, or breast cancer.
To make sure this medicine is safe for you, tell your doctor if you have:
heart disease, circulation problems;
migraines;
asthma;
kidney disease;
seizures or epilepsy;
a history of depression; or
risk factors for coronary artery disease (such as high blood pressure, diabetes, lupus, high cholesterol, family history of coronary artery disease, smoking, being overweight).
Do not use progesterone if you are pregnant. It could harm the unborn baby. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant.
Progesterone can pass into breast milk and may harm a nursing baby. Tell your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
