Progestogens, also sometimes written progestins, progestagens or gestagens, are a class of natural or synthetic steroid hormones that bind to and activate...
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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...
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Progestogen-only pills (POPs), colloquially known as "mini pills", are a type of oral contraceptive that contain synthetic progestogens (progestins) and...
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combined methods which contain both an estrogen and a progestin, and progestogen-only methods which contain only progesterone or one of its synthetic...
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Progestogen-only contraception (or progestin-only contraception) relies on progestogens alone to achieve contraception. It is one of the two major types...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Progesterone (category Progestogens)
Progesterone (/proʊˈdʒɛstəroʊn/ ; P4) is an endogenous steroid and progestogen sex hormone involved in the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and embryogenesis...
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hormones (e.g. estrogens) that occur during menopause. Estrogens and progestogens are the main hormone drugs used in HRT. Progesterone is the main female...
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This is a list of progestogen esters, or esters of progestogens. Unlike the case of testosterone and estradiol, progesterone cannot be esterified as it...
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A progestogen ester is an ester of a progestogen or progestin (a synthetic progestogen). The prototypical progestogen is progesterone, an endogenous sex...
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steroidal antiandrogens List of estrogens – estrogens List of progestogens – progestogens List of corticosteroids – corticosteroids, including both glucocorticoids...
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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...
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hormone receptors. The sex hormones include the androgens, estrogens, and progestogens. Their effects are mediated by slow genomic mechanisms through nuclear...
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two important hormones: a progestin (a synthetic form of the hormone progestogen / progesterone) and estrogen (usually ethinylestradiol or 17β estradiol)...
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Hormonal intrauterine device (redirect from Intrauterine device with progestogen)
intrauterine device (IUD), also known as an intrauterine system (IUS) with progestogen and sold under the brand name Mirena among others, is an intrauterine...
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contraceptive pills, progestogen-only contraceptives (including progestogen-only pills, progestogen-containing implants, progestogen-containing intrauterine...
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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...
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This is a list of progestogens (progesterone and progestins) and formulations that are approved by the FDATooltip Food and Drug Administration in the United...
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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...
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contraceptive pills, containing both estrogens and synthetic progestogens (progestins), and progestogen only pills. Combined oral contraceptive pills also come...
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steroid hormones, including sex steroids (androgens, estrogens, and progestogens) and corticosteroids (glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids), as well...
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Feminizing hormone therapy (section Progestogens)
used for feminizing hormone therapy include estrogens, antiandrogens, progestogens, and gonadotropin-releasing hormone modulators (GnRH modulators). Feminizing...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Membrane progesterone receptor (redirect from Membrane progestogen receptor)
progestin and adipoQ receptor (PAQR) family which bind the endogenous progestogen and neurosteroid progesterone, as well as the neurosteroid allopregnanolone...
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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...
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