Giga Use In Pregnancy & Lactation

Pregnancy: Giga is not recommended for women who are pregnant or who are breast feeding. Women of child bearing potential should be advised to avoid becoming pregnant. Several reports suggest an association between intrauterine exposure to progestational drugs in the first trimester of pregnancy and genital abnormalities in male and female foetuses. The risk of hypospadias, 5 to 8 per 1,000 in male births in the general population may be approximately doubled with the exposure to progestational drugs. If a patient is exposed to megestrol acetate during the first four months of pregnancy or if she becomes pregnant whilst taking megestrol acetate, she should be apprised of the potential risks to the foetus.
Breastfeeding: Because of the potential for adverse effects, nursing should be discontinued during treatment with Giga.
Fertility: There are insufficient data to quantify the risk to exposed female foetuses; however some progestational drugs may cause mild virilisation of the external genitalia of the female fetuses.