Morningside Healthcare Contraceptives

Teragezza^®

• Teragezza^® is a monophasic combined oral contraceptive (COC) containing 2000 mcg cyproterone acetate and 35 mcg ethinylestradiol¹
• Each pack of Teragezza^® contains 3 x blister strips of 21 tablets for 3 cycles of contraceptive cover²

Please refer to the full Summary of Product Characteristics before prescribing.

Summary of Product Characteristics and Patient Information Leaflet

The links below will take you to the electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC). By clicking the links below you will leave the Morningside Healthcare Contraceptives website and be re-directed to an external site; Morningside Healthcare is not responsible for the content on external websites.

Please click here to access the Summary of Product Characteristics

Please click here to access the Patient Information Leaflet

Risk Minimisation Materials

The links below will take you to the electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC). By clicking the links below you will leave the Morningside Healthcare Contraceptives website and be re-directed to an external site; Morningside Healthcare is not responsible for the content on external websites.

Please click here to access the Prescriber Checklist, Patient Alert Card and Important Information for Women leaflet

Please click here to access a warning letter concerning the thromboembolism risk of combined hormonal contraceptives

Additional Prescriber Resources

By clicking the link below you will leave the Morningside Healthcare Contraceptives website and be re-directed to an external site; Morningside Healthcare is not responsible for the content on external websites.

The full NICE Clinical Knowledge Summary for contraceptive prescribing for COCs including UK Medical Eligibility Criteria may be found here.

References

1. NHS dm+d. Actual Medicinal Product (AMP) Teragezza 2000microgram/35microgram tablets (Morningside Healthcare Ltd). Available at: https://dmd-browser.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/amp/view/118810 (accessed January 2024);
2. NHS dm+d. Actual Medicinal Product Pack (AMPP) Teragezza 2000microgram/35microgram tablets (Morningside Healthcare Ltd) 63 tablet 3 x 21 tablets. Available at: https://dmd-browser.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/ampp/view/138091 (accessed January 2024).