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Conjugated estrogens (CEs), or conjugated equine estrogens (CEEs), sold under the brand name Premarin among others, is an estrogen medication which is used in menopausal hormone therapy and for various other indications.
8,9-Dehydroestradiol, or Δ 8-17β-estradiol, also known as estra-1,3,5(10),8-tetraen-17β-ol-3-one, is a naturally occurring steroidal estrogen found in horses which is closely related to equilin, equilenin, and estradiol, and, as the 3-sulfate ester sodium salt, is a minor constituent of conjugated estrogens (Premarin). [1]
Premarin, a hormone replacement therapy, is a conjugated estrogen. It was first available in the form of a preparation manufactured from the urine of pregnant mares - hence "Premarin" from "PREgnant MARe's urINe". It is now also made as a fully synthetic product. [12] [13]
The hormone estriol, produced during pregnancy, is frequently compounded into bioidentical preparations in the United States. While some think it to be a weaker estrogen, with a more limited period of effectiveness than estradiol, it has been demonstrated to be a stronger estrogen in certain ways. [22]
Estradiol (E2) is a medication and naturally occurring steroid hormone. [11] [12] [13] It is an estrogen and is used mainly in menopausal hormone therapy and to treat low sex hormone levels in women.
Estradiol 17β-chloral hemiacetal ether O,O-diacetate Estradiol sulfate: Estradiol 3-sulfate – Estrapronicate: Estradiol 3-propionate 17β-nicotinate Orestrate: Estradiol 3-propionate 17β-(1-cyclohexenyl) ether – Polyestradiol phosphate: Estradiol 17β-phosphate polymer Promestriene: Estradiol 3-propyl 17β-methyl diether
List of side effects of estradiol which may occur as a result of its use or have been associated with estrogen and/or progestogen therapy includes: [1] [2]. Gynecological: changes in vaginal bleeding, dysmenorrhea, increase in size of uterine leiomyomata, vaginitis including vaginal candidiasis, changes in cervical secretion and cervical ectropion, ovarian cancer, endometrial hyperplasia ...