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Idiopathic menorrhagia Clinical criteria: The treatment must be in a patient where oral treatments are ineffective.
“Levonorgestrel is a progestogen. The precise mode of action of Norlevo-1 is not known. Emergency hormonal contraception is thought to work mainly by preventing ovulation and fertilisation by altering tubal transport of sperm and/or ova.”
“After oral administration of 1.5 mg levonorgestrel (two 750 microgram tablets as a single dose), the plasma terminal half-life of the product is estimated to 43 hours.”
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“The metabolism of levonorgestrel can be enhanced by concomitant use of drugs which induce CYP3A4, one of the family of liver enzymes.”