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2. Progestogen-only pill - Wikipedia

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   Progestogen-only pills," "Progestin-only pills," and "Progesterone-only pills" are terms each referring to the same class of synthetic hormone medications. The phrase "Progestogen-only pill" is used by the World Health Organization and much of the international medical community. [ 7 ]

3. Progesterone (medication) - Wikipedia

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   Progesterone (P4), sold under the brand name Prometrium among others, is a medication and naturally occurring steroid hormone. [20] It is a progestogen and is used in combination with estrogens mainly in hormone therapy for menopausal symptoms and low sex hormone levels in women.

4. Oral contraceptive pill - Wikipedia

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   The progestogen-only pill, colloquially known as "minipill". For perfect use it is 99% effective and typical use is 91% effective. Side effects of the pill include headache, dizziness, nausea, sore breasts, spotting, mood changes, acne, bloating, etc. [clarification needed] One pill offers the benefit of only having to be taken once a week:

5. Progestogen (medication) - Wikipedia

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   [50] [51] Reviews from before 1980 reported a high incidence of adverse mood effects with combined birth control pills. [48] However, doses of estrogens and progestogens in birth control pills before 1980 were considerably higher than those used today, and these doses frequently caused unpleasant side effects that may have unfavorably ...

6. Progestogen-only contraception - Wikipedia

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   It is one of the two major types of hormonal contraception, with the other major type being combined hormonal contraceptive methods (including both estrogen and a progestogen). [1] There are several progestogen only contraceptive methods: [1] Progestogen-only pills ("mini-pills") (e.g., desogestrel, norethisterone)

7. ‘The feminist in me is, like, hell yeah!’: Will men take the ...

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   “I can imagine many men will weigh up the possible side effects of the drug against the benefits,” he says. “For women, the risks of unprotected sex are high and that just isn’t the same ...

8. Hormonal contraception - Wikipedia

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   Low dose progestogen-only contraceptives include traditional progestogen-only pills, the subdermal implant Jadelle and the intrauterine system Mirena. These contraceptives inconsistently inhibit ovulation in ~50% of cycles and rely mainly on their progestogenic effect of thickening the cervical mucus and thereby reducing sperm viability and ...

9. Nomegestrol acetate - Wikipedia

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   NOMAC is a potent and pure progestogen, acting as a selective, high-affinity full agonist of the progesterone receptor (PR) (K i = 3 nM, 67–303% of the relative binding affinity of progesterone), [29] and is said to have higher potency and substantially improved selectivity for the PR relative to medroxyprogesterone acetate (the 6 ...