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  • Provera was an ‘off-label’ treatment that could help delay your period.

  • It could also help regulate heavy, irregular, or absent periods, and treat endometriosis.
  • It was discontinued in 2025, but replaced by the manufacturer with the generic Medroxyprogesterone.

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Provera Medroxyprogesterone

What is Provera?

Provera tablets were part of a group of medications called progestogens, which mimic the effects of the hormone progesterone in the body.

Low levels of progesterone in your body can trigger off all sorts of unpleasant symptoms including heavy, irregular or absent periods, anxiety, depression and hot flashes.

Provera could help improve all these. It was also recommended as a treatment for period delay.

How does Provera work?

The main active ingredient in Provera was medroxyprogesterone acetate.[1] It mimics naturally occurring progesterone in your body.

During your monthly cycle, your body produces differing amounts of this hormone and once that level drops, a period occurs.

If you have irregular or very painful periods because of endometriosis, Provera will help boost the levels of progesterone in your body, so your unpleasant symptoms decrease. You can also take Provera tablets to delay a period (hello honeymoon, holiday or exam season).

Are there different Provera doses?

There were three different strength doses.

Usually, we recommended starting off on Provera 5mg to treat heavy and painful periods. This could be decreased to Provera 2.5mg if the initial dose was too high and gave you side effects. It could be increased to Provera 10mg if the starting dose wasn’t quite enough.

Treated trusted sources:

  1. Electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC). (n.d.). Provera 10 mg Tablets – Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC).
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This page was medically reviewed by Dr Alexandra Cristina Cowell on January 21, 2026. Next review due on January 21, 2029.

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Provera Medroxyprogesterone

How to take Provera

Provera for endometriosis should be taken in a 10mg dose, 3 times a day for 3 months and the beginning of the treatment should occur on the first day of your period. The active ingredient in Provera can stop uterus cells from growing outside your womb, which causes the symptoms of endometriosis. It can also make your periods shorter and less painful.

How long does Provera take to work?

Depending on what type of period problem you were taking Provera for, it could take about 5-10 days to work.

Once you stopped taking it, you could experience a breakthrough bleed 3-7 days after cessation.

What to do if you miss Provera doses

If you miss a dose of Medroxyprogesterone (Provera), don’t panic.

Don’t take two tablets at once to make up for the missed dose. If you take too much at once, this can increase your chances of developing unpleasant side effects.

Take your Medroxyprogesterone (Provera) as soon as you remember, and then carry on as normal.

treated.com This page was written by The Treated Content Team.
Dr Alexandra Cristina Cowell 1218322
This page was medically reviewed by Dr Alexandra Cristina Cowell on January 21, 2026. Next review due on January 21, 2029.

How we source info.

When we present you with stats, data, opinion or a consensus, we’ll tell you where this came from. And we’ll only present data as clinically reliable if it’s come from a reputable source, such as a state or government-funded health body, a peer-reviewed medical journal, or a recognised analytics or data body. Read more in our editorial policy.

Provera Medroxyprogesterone

Provera isn’t suitable for everyone, and there are some things that you need to be aware of when taking it.

Here’s all the official info on it. If anything is unclear, let our clinician know, and they can talk with you about it.

Provera Medroxyprogesterone

FAQ: Provera

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How can Provera help to treat amenorrhea?

Answer:
You sometimes can’t win with periods. If it’s late, you panic. If it disappears, you feel even worse.

Amenorrhea [1] is the medical term for stopped periods and Provera could help bring you back to regularity.

You'd simply take a tablet once daily in either a 5mg or 10mg dose and plan this to start on what would normally be day 16-21 of your normal cycle. You’d take Provera for three period cycles, to help regulate your cycle. Around 3-7 days after your treatment stopped, you should have had a normal period.

What are the instructions for using Provera for endometriosis?

Answer:
Taking Provera for endometriosis could offer real symptom relief.

Endometriosis is a painful condition which causes heavy, painful periods and ovarian cysts. It occurs when the lining of the uterus, normally shed during the period, attaches itself to other organs in the body like the bladder, bowel and fallopian tubes. It can cause a lot of pain at all times and not just during a bleed.

To help with the symptoms of endometriosis it was recommended to take Provera in a 10mg dose, 3 times a day. The beginning of the treatment should have occurred on the first day of your period and continue in that dosage for 3 months.

How do I use Provera to delay periods?

Answer:
There may be all sorts of reasons you want to delay a period. Getting married, going on holiday or even a busy exam season. You want to be able to go with the flow.

Provera tablets to delay periods can offer you peace of mind. Around 3 days before your period starts you’d take a 10mg dose, 3 times a day. You could lengthen the course of treatment, depending on how long you wanted to delay your period for.

Around 3 days after you stopped taking your Provera, your period should have begun as normal. Remember that period delay was an ‘off-label’ use for Provera. We have other available treatments to delay periods which are designed for that.

What are the instructions for using Provera to treat painful and irregular periods?

Answer:
You may not want to use Provera for stopping periods but might want some help to treat irregular or painful monthly cycles.

Taking Provera once daily at a dose of 5mg-10mg during the second half (luteal phase) of your cycle could help regulate and improve your symptoms.

Can I get Provera over the counter?

Answer:
Provera was a prescription-only medication. If you were thinking about taking it to treat your period problems then one of our clinicians will be happy to chat to you to make sure it’s the right treatment.

Treated trusted sources:

  1. Electronic Medicines Compedium. (eMC). (n.d.). Provera 10 mg Tablets – Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC).
  2. Master-Hunter, T. and Heiman, D.L. (2006). Amenorrhea: Evaluation and Treatment. American Family Physician, 73(8), pp.1374–1382.

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