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If you're looking to lighten your heavy periods without the worry of hormones or surgery, LYSTEDA may be right for you. Ask your healthcare professional about LYSTEDA today.

LYSTEDA is the only hormone-free FDA-approved drug that specifically works to lighten periods. LYSTEDA is taken only during your periods and it significantly reduces menstrual blood loss. And it has been shown to work from the first period taken!

If you’re one of the millions of women with Heavy Monthly Bleeding, non-hormonal LYSTEDA is here to help. LYSTEDA helps restore a natural process in your body to reduce the excessive bleeding of your heavy period.

Lighter periods each month…
LYSTEDA has been shown to significantly and consistently lighten heavy monthly periods every month*

…and as soon as the 1st month…
In clinical trials, many women had lighter periods as early as the first month on LYSTEDA*

…so you could do more than before…
Women taking LYSTEDA had fewer limitations in daily activities during their heavy periods, such as:

Physical activities (like running, biking, or swimming)
Social activities (like going to dinner or to the movies)
Leisure activities (like dancing, golfing, or gardening)

…while taking pills only during your periods
LYSTEDA is taken only during your heavy periods, for up to 5 days each month

Proven effective for lighter periods without hormones
Shown to help significantly reduce heavy monthly bleeding*
Taken only on the days of your monthly period, for up to 5 days
Avoids the long-term health risks that may be associated with hormones
Doesn’t affect fertility
Will not change your body's natural hormonal balance
Is not associated with weight gain
Unlike hormones, it doesn’t make you wait for months until it reduces your heavy menstrual bleeding

Click here to watch videos of what women are saying about LYSTEDA**

If you’re looking for lighter periods without the worry of hormones or surgery, ask your healthcare professional about LYSTEDA.

LYSTEDA is a non-hormonal prescription drug FDA approved to treat Heavy Monthly Bleeding. Could LYSTEDA be right for you?

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* LYSTEDA was consistently effective in clinical trials across every month it was studied, including the very first month. In two clinical studies LYSTEDA reduced heavy monthly bleeding by 38% and 39% compared with 12% and 5% with placebo (sugar pills).
** Individual results may vary

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Though nearly 2 in 3 women have talked to a healthcare professional about their heavy monthly bleeding, fewer than half of those discussed treatment options.†

†Findings from "Living with Heavy Menstrual Bleeding – A National Survey of 500 U.S. Women," conducted online in June 2010 by Harris Interactive Inc. on behalf of Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. Download the full Harris Interactive survey on Heavy Menstrual Bleeding.

LYSTEDA^® is a prescription medicine used to treat your heavy monthly period (menstruation) when your bleeding gets in the way of social, leisure and physical activities. LYSTEDA does not contain any hormones and is taken only during your period. It does not treat premenstrual symptoms, does not affect your fertility, and cannot be used as birth control. It does not protect against sexually transmitted diseases.

LYSTEDA has not been studied in adolescents younger than 18 years of age.

Important Safety Information

You should not take LYSTEDA if you currently have or have ever had a blood clot, have been told you are at risk for having a blood clot, or are allergic to LYSTEDA or tranexamic acid.

LYSTEDA can cause serious side effects, including:

The risk of serious blood clots may be increased when LYSTEDA is taken with hormonal contraceptives, especially if you are taking higher than your normal dose of birth control, are overweight, or if you smoke cigarettes. Risk of serious blood clots may also be increased if you take LYSTEDA with medicines used to help your blood clot or some medicines used to treat leukemia.
Stop taking LYSTEDA and promptly report any eye problems to your healthcare provider.
If you have shortness of breath and your throat feels tight, stop taking LYSTEDA and get medical help right away.

Before taking LYSTEDA, tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions, including whether: you have ever had a blood clot or been told that you are at risk of having a blood clot, you are using a form of birth control that contains hormones, you are pregnant or think you may be pregnant, you are breastfeeding or plan to breast-feed, the time between the start of your periods is less than 21 days or more than 35 days, or you have any other medical conditions.

Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, especially if you take: birth control pills or other hormonal birth control, medicines used to help your blood clot, medicines used to break up blood clots, or any medicines to treat leukemia.

The most common side effects of LYSTEDA include: headaches, sinus and nasal problems, back pain, pain in your abdomen, pain in your muscles or joints, anemia, and fatigue.

If you notice a change in your usual bleeding pattern that worries you, or your heavy bleeding continues, contact your healthcare provider right away. This may be a sign of a more serious condition.

You are encouraged to report side effects of prescription drugs. Contact Ferring at 1-888-FERRING (1-888-337-7464) or call 1-800-FDA-1088 or visit www.fda.gov/medwatch.

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