Progestogens, also sometimes written progestins, progestagens or gestagens, are a class of natural or synthetic steroid hormones that bind to and activate...
16 KB (1,567 words) - 01:04, 8 October 2024
A progestogen, also referred to as a progestagen, gestagen, or gestogen, is a type of medication which produces effects similar to those of the natural...
176 KB (18,557 words) - 19:48, 22 May 2025
Progestogen-only pills (POPs), colloquially known as "mini pills", are a type of oral contraceptive that contain synthetic progestogens (progestins) and...
46 KB (4,906 words) - 21:58, 29 May 2025
combined methods which contain both an estrogen and a progestin, and progestogen-only methods which contain only progesterone or one of its synthetic...
48 KB (5,332 words) - 07:47, 25 May 2025
A progestogen ester is an ester of a progestogen or progestin (a synthetic progestogen). The prototypical progestogen is progesterone, an endogenous sex...
22 KB (2,387 words) - 00:35, 9 December 2023
This is a list of progestogens that are or that have been used in clinical or veterinary medicine. They are steroids and include derivatives of progesterone...
13 KB (270 words) - 12:57, 12 October 2022
Intrauterine device (redirect from Progestogen-only intrauterine device)
they may also act by preventing implantation of the blastocyst. The progestogen released from hormonal IUDs mainly works by thickening the cervical mucus...
63 KB (6,914 words) - 04:07, 2 June 2025
Contraceptive implant (redirect from Progestogen implant)
A contraceptive implant is an implantable medical device used for the purpose of birth control. The implant may depend on the timed release of hormones...
26 KB (2,703 words) - 20:15, 25 May 2025
Progesterone (category Progestogens)
Progesterone (/proʊˈdʒɛstəroʊn/ ; P4) is an endogenous steroid and progestogen sex hormone involved in the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and embryogenesis...
123 KB (11,453 words) - 20:06, 9 June 2025
Drospirenone (category Progestogens)
taken as a combined oestrogen-progestogen pill), among others. Drospirenone is a progestin, or a synthetic progestogen, and hence is an agonist of the...
96 KB (8,911 words) - 20:38, 29 May 2025
hormones (e.g. estrogens) that occur during menopause. Estrogens and progestogens are the main hormone drugs used in HRT. Progesterone is the main female...
112 KB (12,510 words) - 19:40, 2 June 2025
This is a list of progestogen esters, or esters of progestogens. Unlike the case of testosterone and estradiol, progesterone cannot be esterified as it...
9 KB (834 words) - 17:43, 20 February 2024
Progestogen-only contraception (or progestin-only contraception) relies on progestogens alone to achieve contraception. It is one of the two major types...
2 KB (134 words) - 21:03, 12 August 2023
steroidal antiandrogens List of estrogens – estrogens List of progestogens – progestogens List of corticosteroids – corticosteroids, including both glucocorticoids...
2 KB (130 words) - 04:49, 23 March 2025
contraceptive pills, progestogen-only contraceptives (including progestogen-only pills, progestogen-containing implants, progestogen-containing intrauterine...
27 KB (3,081 words) - 04:44, 6 February 2025
hormone receptors. The sex hormones include the androgens, estrogens, and progestogens. Their effects are mediated by slow genomic mechanisms through nuclear...
7 KB (654 words) - 20:48, 8 March 2025
two important hormones: a progestin (a synthetic form of the hormone progestogen / progesterone) and estrogen (usually ethinylestradiol or 17β estradiol)...
198 KB (20,998 words) - 02:14, 1 June 2025
Feminizing hormone therapy (section Progestogens)
used for feminizing hormone therapy include estrogens, antiandrogens, progestogens, and gonadotropin-releasing hormone modulators (GnRH modulators). Feminizing...
231 KB (25,299 words) - 12:26, 11 June 2025
The progestogen challenge test, or progesterone withdrawal test, is a test used in the field of obstetrics and gynecology to evaluate a patient who is...
2 KB (243 words) - 17:41, 1 April 2024
contraceptive pills, containing both estrogens and synthetic progestogens (progestins), and progestogen only pills. Combined oral contraceptive pills also come...
17 KB (2,012 words) - 09:21, 31 May 2025
Levonorgestrel (category Progestogens)
formulations. At very low daily dose of 30 μg, levonorgestrel is used in some progestogen-only pill formulations. Levonorgestrel is the active ingredient in a...
85 KB (7,976 words) - 21:19, 29 May 2025
Desogestrel (category Progestogens)
progestin, or a synthetic progestogen, and hence is an agonist of the progesterone receptor, the biological target of progestogens like progesterone. It has...
63 KB (5,565 words) - 21:20, 9 June 2025
Estrogen patch (section Patches with progestogens)
have not undergone a hysterectomy, it is often suggested that they take progestogen in addition to an estrogen patch in order to protect the endometrium...
10 KB (1,063 words) - 22:37, 30 November 2024
This is a list of progestogens (progesterone and progestins) and formulations that are approved by the FDATooltip Food and Drug Administration in the United...
25 KB (2,317 words) - 21:21, 29 May 2025
Norethisterone (category Progestogens)
progestin, or a synthetic progestogen, and hence is an agonist of the progesterone receptor, the biological target of progestogens like progesterone. It has...
95 KB (9,438 words) - 12:53, 12 June 2025
steroid hormones, including sex steroids (androgens, estrogens, and progestogens) and corticosteroids (glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids), as well...
6 KB (504 words) - 23:51, 27 December 2024
Progestogen-only injectable contraceptives (POICs) are a form of hormonal contraception and progestogen-only contraception that are administered by injection...
7 KB (759 words) - 09:54, 12 December 2024
Dienogest (category Progestogens)
progestin, or a synthetic progestogen, and hence is an agonist of the progesterone receptor, the biological target of progestogens like progesterone. It is...
62 KB (5,616 words) - 02:28, 2 June 2025
lifetime that is comparable to that of female humans. Estrogens and progestogens in the menstrual cycles and during premenarche and postmenopause are...
172 KB (17,712 words) - 22:29, 7 June 2025
Dydrogesterone (category Progestogens)
progestin, or a synthetic progestogen, and hence is an agonist of the progesterone receptor, the biological target of progestogens like progesterone. The...
61 KB (6,716 words) - 00:50, 12 June 2025