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2. Medroxyprogesterone acetate - Wikipedia

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   Depo-Provera is the brand name for a 150 mg microcrystalline aqueous suspension of DMPA that is administered by intramuscular injection. The shot must be injected into thigh, buttock, or deltoid muscle four times a year (every 11 to 13 weeks), and provides pregnancy protection instantaneously after the first injection. [ 68 ]

3. Chemical castration - Wikipedia

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   In men, chemical castration reduces sex drive and the capacity for sexual arousal, side effects of some drugs may include depression, suicidal ideation, hot flashes, anemia, infertility, increase in body fat and higher risks of cardiovascular diseases and osteoporosis.

4. Estradiol cypionate/medroxyprogesterone acetate - Wikipedia

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   Depot MPA (DMPA) and EC/MPA were developed by Upjohn in the 1960s. [12] [13] DMPA (brand name Depo-Provera) was introduced for use as a progestogen-only injectable contraceptive for the first time outside of the United States in 1969 and was subsequently approved for use in birth control in the United States in 1992.

5. Hormonal contraception - Wikipedia

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   Depo-Provera is an injection that provides three months of contraceptive protection. Noristerat is another injection; it is given every two months. [31] Contraceptive implants are inserted under the skin of the upper arm, and contain progesterone only. Jadelle (Norplant 2) consists of two rods that release a low dose of hormones. It is ...

6. Comparison of birth control methods - Wikipedia

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   MPA shot [38] Depo Provera, the shot: 4 (1 in 25) 0.2 (1 in 500) Progestogen: Injection: 12 weeks: Testosterone injection for male (unapproved, experimental method) [39] Testosterone Undecanoate: 6.1 (1 in 16) 1.1 (1 in 91) Testosterone: Intramuscular Injection: Every 4 weeks: 1999 cervical cap and spermicide (replaced by second generation in ...

7. Medical experimentation in Africa - Wikipedia

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   Depo-Provera was clinically tested on black Rhodesian (now Zimbabwean) women in the 1970s. [1] Once approved, the drug was used as a birth control measure. Women on white-run commercial farms were coerced into accepting Depo-Provera. [5] In 1981, the drug was banned in what was by then Zimbabwe. [5]

8. Template : Medications and dosages used in hormone therapy ...

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   Depo-Test [b] Androgen: IM, SC: 50–100mg once/week or 100–250mg every 2–4 wks: Testosterone isobutyrate: Agovirin Depot: Androgen: IM, SC: 50–100mg once/week Mixed testosterone esters: Sustanon 250 [b] Androgen: IM, SC: 250mg every 2–3 wks or 500mg every 3–6 wks: Testosterone undecanoate: Aveed [b] Androgen: IM, SC: 750–1,000mg ...

9. Male contraceptive - Wikipedia

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   For example, many trans men can become pregnant (both intentionally and unintentionally), [226] but may prefer not to use estrogen- or progestin-containing hormonal birth control (both because of the social classification of these hormones as "female sex hormones" and because of a fear they will interfere with masculinizing hormone therapy ...