Estradiol / Norethindrone Acetate 1 mg; .5 mg Tablet, Film Coated, 28-count

5 WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS Estrogens increase the risk of gall bladder disease ( 5.4 ) Discontinue estrogen if severe hypercalcemia, loss of vision, severe hypertriglyceridemia or cholestatic jaundice occurs ( 5.5 , 5.6 , 5.9 , 5.10 ) Monitor thyroid function in women on thyroid replacement therapy ( 5.11 , 5.18 )

5.1Cardiovascular Disorders Increased risks of PE, DVT, stroke and MI are reported with estrogen plus progestin therapy. Increased risks of stroke and DVT are reported with estrogen-alone therapy. Immediately discontinue estrogen with or without progestogen therapy if any of these occur or is suspected.

Manage appropriately any risk factors for arterial vascular disease (for example, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, tobacco use, hypercholesterolemia, and obesity) and/or venous thromboembolism (VTE) (for example, personal history or family history of VTE, obesity, and systemic lupus erythematosus). Stroke The WHI estrogen plus progestin substudy reported a statistically significant increased risk of stroke in women 50 to 79 years of age receiving daily CE (0.625 mg) plus MPA (2.5 mg) compared to women in the same age group receiving placebo (33 versus 25 strokes per 10,000 women-years) [see Clinical Studies (14.5) ] .

The increase in risk was demonstrated after the first year and persisted. 1 Immediately discontinue estrogen with or without progestogen therapy if a stroke occurs or is suspected. The WHI estrogen-alone substudy reported a statistically significant increased risk of stroke in women 50 to 79 years of age receiving daily CE (0.625 mg)-alone compared to women in the same age group receiving placebo (45 versus 33 strokes per 10,000 women-years, respectively).

The increase in risk was demonstrated in year 1 and persisted [see Clinical Studies (14.5) ] . Immediately discontinue estrogen-alone therapy if a stroke occurs or is suspected. Subgroup analyses of women 50 to 59 years of age suggest no increased risk of stroke for those women receiving CE (0.625 mg)-alone versus those receiving placebo (18 versus 21 per 10,000 women-years).

1 Coronary Heart Disease The WHI estrogen plus progestin substudy reported an increased risk (not statistically significant) of coronary heart disease (CHD) events (defined as nonfatal MI, silent MI, or CHD death) in those women receiving daily CE (0.625 mg) plus MPA (2.5 mg) compared to women receiving placebo (41 versus 34 per 10,000 women-years). 1 An increase in relative risk was demonstrated in year 1, and a trend toward decreasing relative risk was reported in years 2 through 5 [see Clinical Studies (14.5) ] .

The WHI estrogen-alone substudy reported no overall effect on CHD events in women receiving estrogen-alone compared to placebo 2 [see Clinical Studies (14.5) ]. Subgroup analyses of women 50 to 59 years of age, who were less than 10 years since menopause, suggest a reduction (not statistically significant) in CHD events in those women receiving daily CE (0.625 mg)-alone compared to placebo (8 versus 16 per 10,000 women-years). 1 In postmenopausal women with documented heart disease (n=2,763), average 66.7 years of age, in a controlled clinical trial of secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease (Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study; HERS), treatment with daily CE (0.625 mg) plus MPA (2.5 mg) demonstrated no cardiovascular benefit.

During an average follow-up of 4.1 years, treatment with CE plus MPA did not reduce the overall rate of CHD events in postmenopausal women with established CHD. There were more CHD events in the CE plus MPA-treated group than in the placebo group in year 1, but not during the subsequent years. Two thousand three hundred twenty-one (2,321) women from the original HERS trial agreed to participate in an open label extension of HERS, HERS II.

Average follow-up in HERS II was an additional 2.7 years, for a total of 6.8 years overall. Rates of CHD events were comparable among women in the CE plus MPA group and the placebo group in HE…

6 ADVERSE REACTIONS The following serious adverse reactions are discussed elsewhere in the labeling: Cardiovascular Disorders [see Boxed Warning , Warnings and Precautions (5.1) ] Malignant Neoplasms [see Boxed Warning , Warnings and Precautions (5.2) ] The most common adverse reactions (incidence ≥ 5 percent) with Estradiol/Norethindrone Acetate Tablets are: back pain, headache, pain in the extremity, nausea, diarrhea, gastroenteritis, insomnia, emotional lability, upper respiratory tract infection, sinusitis, nasopharyngitis, weight increase, breast pain, post-menopausal bleeding, uterine fibroid vaginal hemorrhage, ovarian cyst, endometrial thickening, viral infection, moniliasis genital, and accidental injury.

( 6.1 ) To report SUSPECTED ADVERSE REACTIONS, contact Breckenridge Pharmaceutical, Inc. at 1-800-367-3395 or FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or www.fda.gov/medwatch.

6.1Clinical Trials Experience Because clinical trials are conducted under widely varying conditions, adverse reaction rates observed in the clinical trials of a drug cannot be directly compared to rates in the clinical trials of another drug and may not reflect the rates observed in practice. Adverse reactions reported with Estradiol/Norethindrone Acetate Tablets 1 mg/0.5 mg by investigators during clinical trials regardless of causality assessment are shown in Table 1. TABLE 1 ALL TREATMENT-EMERGENT ADVERSE REACTIONS REGARDLESS OF RELATIONSHIP REPORTED AT A FREQUENCY OF ≥ 5 PERCENT WITH ESTRADIOL/NORETHINDRONE ACETATE TABLETS 1 MG/0.5 MG Endometrial Hyperplasia Study (12-Months) Vasomotor Symptoms Study (3-Months) Osteoporosis Study (2-Years) Estradiol/Norethindrone Acetate Tablets 1 mg/0.5 mg 1 mg E 2 Estradiol/Norethindrone Acetate Tablets 1 mg/0.5 mg Placebo Estradiol/Norethindrone Acetate Tablets 1 mg/0.5 mg Placebo (n=295) (n=296) (n=29) (n=34) (n=47) (n=48) Body as a Whole Back Pain 6% 5% 3% 3% 6% 4% Headache 16% 16% 17% 18% 11% 6% Digestive System Nausea 3% 5% 10% 0% 11% 0% Gastroenteritis 2% 2% 0% 0% 6% 4% Nervous System Insomnia 6% 4% 3% 3% 0% 8% Emotional Lability 1% 1% 0% 0% 6% 0% Respiratory System Upper Respiratory Tract Infection 18% 15% 10% 6% 15% 19% Sinusitis 7% 11% 7% 0% 15% 10% Metabolic and Nutritional Weight Increase 0% 0% 0% 0% 9% 6% Urogenital System Breast Pain 24% 10% 21% 0% 17% 8% Post-Menopausal Bleeding 5% 15% 10% 3% 11% 0% Uterine Fibroid 5% 4% 0% 0% 4% 8% Ovarian Cyst 3% 2% 7% 0% 0% 8% Resistance Mechanism Infection Viral 4% 6% 0% 3% 6% 6% Moniliasis Genital 4% 7% 0% 0% 6% 0% Secondary Terms Injury Accidental 4% 3% 3% 0% 17% including one upper extremity fracture in each group 4% Other Events 2% 3% 3% 0% 6% 4% Adverse reactions reported with Estradiol/Norethindrone Acetate Tablets 0.5 mg/0.1 mg by investigators during clinical trials regardless of causality assessment are shown in Table 2.

TABLE 2 ALL TREATMENT-EMERGENT ADVERSE REACTIONS REGARDLESS OF RELATIONSHIP REPORTED AT A FREQUENCY OF ≥ 5 PERCENT WITH ESTRADIOL/NORETHINDRONE ACETATE TABLETS

0.5MG/0.1 MG Estradiol/Norethindrone Acetate Tablets 0.5 mg/0.1 mg (n=194) Placebo (n=200) Body as a Whole Back Pain 10% 4% Headache 22% 19% Pain in extremity 5% 4% Digestive System Nausea 5% 4% Diarrhea 6% 6% Respiratory System Nasopharyngitis 21% 18% Urogenital System Endometrial thickening 10% 4% Vaginal hemorrhage 26% 12%

6.2Postmarketing Experience The following adverse reactions have been identified during post-approval use of Estradiol/Norethindrone Acetate Tablets. Because these reactions are reported voluntarily from a population of uncertain size, it is not always possible to reliably estimate their frequency or establish a causal relationship to drug exposure. Genitourinary System Changes in vaginal bleeding pattern and abnormal withdrawal bleeding or flow; breakthrough bleeding; spotting; dysmenorrhea, increase in size of uterine leiomyomata; vaginitis, including vaginal candidiasis; change in amount of cervical secretion; changes in cervical ectropion; pre-menstrual-like syn…

7 DRUG INTERACTIONS Co-administration of estradiol with norethindrone acetate did not elicit any apparent influence on the pharmacokinetics of norethindrone acetate. Similarly, no relevant interaction of norethindrone acetate on the pharmacokinetics of estradiol was found within the NETA dose range investigated in a single dose study. Inducers and/or inhibitors of CYP3A4 may affect estrogen drug metabolism and decrease or increase the estrogen plasma concentration.

( 7 ) Estradiol In-vitro and in-vivo studies have shown that estrogens are metabolized partially by cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4). Therefore, inducers or inhibitors of CYP3A4 may affect estrogen drug metabolism. Inducers of CYP3A4 such as St.

John's wort ( Hypericum perforatum ) preparations, phenobarbital, carbamazepine, and rifampin may reduce plasma concentrations of estrogens, possibly resulting in a decrease in therapeutic effects and/or changes in the uterine bleeding profile. Inhibitors of CYP3A4 such as erythromycin, clarithromycin, ketoconazole, itraconazole, ritonavir and grapefruit juice may increase plasma concentrations of estrogens and result in adverse reactions. Norethindrone Acetate Drugs or herbal products that induce or inhibit cytochrome P-450 enzymes, including CYP3A4, may decrease or increase the serum concentrations of norethindrone.

5.18Drug-Laboratory Test Interactions Accelerated prothrombin time, partial thromboplastin time, and platelet aggregation time; increased platelet count; increased factors II, VII antigen, VIII coagulant activity, IX, X, XII, VII-X complex, and beta-thromboglobulin; decreased levels of anti-factor Xa and antithrombin III, decreased antithrombin III activity, increased levels of fibrinogen and fibrinogen activity; increased plasminogen antigen and activity. Increased thyroid-binding globulin (TBG) levels leading to increased circulating total thyroid hormone levels as measured by protein-bound iodine (PBI), T 4 levels (by column or by radioimmunoassay), or T 3 levels by radioimmunoassay.

T 3 resin uptake is decreased, reflecting the elevated TBG. Free T 4 and free T 3 concentrations are unaltered. Women on thyroid replacement therapy may require higher doses of thyroid hormone.

Other binding proteins may be elevated in serum, for example, corticosteroid binding globulin (CBG), sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), leading to increased total circulating corticosteroids and sex steroids, respectively. Free hormone concentrations, such as testosterone and estradiol, may be decreased. Other plasma proteins may be increased (angiotensinogen/rennin substrate, alpha-1 antitrypsin, ceruloplasmin).

Increased plasma high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and HDL 2 cholesterol subfraction concentration, reduced low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol concentration, increased triglyceride levels. Impaired glucose tolerance.