Package leaflet · information for the user
Turinabol 10 mg
4-Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone
Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start using this medicine
- Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
- If you have any further questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
- This medicine has been prescribed for you only. Do not pass it on to others. It may harm them, even if their signs of illness are the same as yours.
- If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet.
1.What Turinabol is and what it is used for
Turinabol contains chlorodehydromethyltestosterone, a man-made relative of testosterone, the main male sex hormone. It has been changed so that its main effect is on building and holding on to body tissue, and so that it is not turned into a female hormone in the body — which is why breast tenderness is less common with it than with some similar tablets. Your doctor has prescribed it to help you regain weight and strength lost through serious illness, injury, surgery or long treatment with steroid tablets. It is a prescription medicine, chosen for your situation only.
2.What you need to know before you use Turinabol
Read this section before your first tablet, and tell your doctor about every other condition you have and every medicine you take.
Do not use it if
- Do not use it if you are allergic to chlorodehydromethyltestosterone or to any of the other ingredients listed on your carton.
- Do not use it if you are pregnant, think you may be pregnant or are breastfeeding — it can seriously harm an unborn baby.
- Do not use it if you have cancer of the prostate gland or cancer of the male breast.
- Do not use it if you have severe liver disease or have ever been told you have a liver tumour.
- Do not use it if you have too much calcium in your blood.
- Do not use it if you have severe heart failure or severe kidney disease with a lot of protein in your urine.
Warnings and precautions
- Talk to your doctor before using it if you have any liver trouble. This medicine is chemically altered so that it survives being swallowed, and that change is hard on the liver. Your doctor will test your liver before you start and at intervals during treatment. Tell your doctor straight away if your skin or the whites of your eyes turn yellow, your urine goes dark, your stools go pale, or you get pain in the upper right side of your stomach.
- Talk to your doctor before using it if you have high blood pressure, heart failure, kidney disease, epilepsy or migraine, because this medicine makes the body hold on to salt and water.
- Your doctor will check your blood fats. This medicine can markedly lower your "good" cholesterol and raise the "bad" kind, which is not good for your heart and blood vessels if treatment goes on for a long time.
- Talk to your doctor before using it if you are an older man or have prostate trouble; your prostate will be checked before and during treatment.
- If this medicine is for a child or teenager, bone growth will be checked with X-rays, because it can make the growing ends of the bones close too early and reduce final adult height.
- Women should tell the doctor as soon as their voice deepens, hair grows on the face or body, or their periods change — some of these changes may be permanent.
- Never take this medicine to build muscle or improve sporting performance and never share it. Used that way it can cause liver tumours, heart disease and lasting hormone damage, and it is banned in sport.
Other medicines and Turinabol
Tell your doctor or pharmacist about any other medicines you take, including those you buy yourself and herbal products. It especially matters with: blood-thinning medicines such as warfarin, because this medicine makes them much stronger and can cause serious bleeding, so your clotting tests will need checking more often; medicines for diabetes, including insulin, because your blood sugar may fall and doses may need lowering; steroid tablets such as prednisolone, which cause more swelling when taken together with this medicine; and ciclosporin, used after transplants.
Pregnancy, breastfeeding and fertility
Do not take this medicine if you are pregnant or trying to become pregnant. It can seriously harm an unborn baby, particularly the sexual development of a baby girl. If you could become pregnant, use a reliable method of contraception and talk to your doctor about which one is suitable. Do not breastfeed while taking it. In men, this medicine reduces the number of sperm you produce and can make it difficult to father a child while you are taking it and for some time afterwards.
Driving and using machines
This medicine is not expected to affect your ability to drive or to use tools and machines. Some people get headaches, feel irritable or sleep badly. If you are affected, do not drive or use machines until you feel normal again.
3.How to use Turinabol
Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor has told you; check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are unsure. Swallow the tablets whole with a glass of water; taking them with food may help if your stomach is upset. Your doctor decides how many tablets you take, how often and for how long — it is written on your pharmacy label and you must not change it yourself. Treatment is normally given in short courses with breaks in between, and your doctor will tell you when to stop. If you forget a dose, take it when you remember unless the next one is nearly due, in which case skip it; never take a double dose. If you take too many tablets, contact your doctor or your nearest hospital straight away and take the carton with you.
4.Possible side effects
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
Stop and get medical help straight away
- Yellowing of the skin or the whites of the eyes, dark urine, pale stools or pain in the upper right side of the stomach — possible liver damage.
- Sudden severe stomach pain with faintness, very pale skin or collapse — this can mean bleeding inside the liver and is an emergency.
- Breathlessness, rapid weight gain or badly swollen legs — your heart may be struggling with the extra fluid.
- An erection that is painful or lasts more than four hours — go to hospital.
- Unusual bruising or bleeding, especially if you also take a blood thinner.
- Swelling of the face, lips or throat, a widespread rash, or difficulty breathing — signs of an allergic reaction.
Other possible side effects
- acne and oily skin
- difficulty sleeping
- swollen ankles, feet or hands from holding water
- headache
- feeling sick or losing your appetite
- mood changes, irritability or feeling unusually aggressive
- hair loss or thinning of the scalp hair
- in men: smaller testicles, fewer sperm, more frequent erections, reduced sex drive after treatment ends
- in women: deeper voice, extra facial and body hair, irregular or absent periods, enlarged clitoris
- changes in liver blood tests, blood fats and blood sugar
Reporting of side effects
If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist — including any not listed in this leaflet. You can also report them directly to us at pv@ergopharm.net or through our reporting form, and to your national reporting system. By reporting side effects you help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.
5.How to store Turinabol
Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children. Store below 25 °C in the original blister or container, protected from light and damp. Do not use this medicine after the expiry date printed on the carton and blister; the expiry date is the last day of that month. Do not use a tablet if the blister is damaged or the tablet is broken or discoloured. Do not put medicines down the toilet or in household rubbish — return anything you no longer need to your pharmacist.
6.Contents of the pack and other information
The active substance is chlorodehydromethyltestosterone (turinabol). The strength of your tablets, in milligrams, is printed on the carton and on the blister. The other ingredients are lactose, maize starch, povidone, croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate and colloidal silica; the full list is on your carton, which matters if you have been told you cannot tolerate certain sugars. The tablets are white, round and uncoated. They come in aluminium blister strips inside a carton, or in bulk containers, in pack sizes from 10 to 100 tablets; not all pack sizes may be available in your country. Every carton carries a printed verification code and a GS1 DataMatrix square, which can be checked at ergopharm.net/verify to confirm the pack is genuine. Manufactured under GMP conditions by Ergopharm, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.