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norgestimate
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Medroxyprogesterone is a progestin (a form of progesterone), a female hormone that
helps regulate ovulation (the release of an egg from an ovary) and menstrual periods.
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Drospirenone is a female hormone that helps regulate ovulation and menstruation.
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Ethinyl estradiol and desogestrel contains a combination of female hormones that prevent
ovulation (the release of an egg from an ovary). This medication also causes changes in your
cervical mucus and uterine lining, making it harder for sperm to reach the uterus and harder for a
fertilized egg to attach to the uterus.
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Synthetic progestin; derivative of 17 α-hydroxyprogesterone.
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Norplant is a long-acting hormone that is inserted under the skin and prevents conception for up to five years. Depo-Provera is also a hormone, but is administered by intramuscular injection and provides protection against pregnancy for three months.
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Medroxyprogesterone is a form of progesterone, a female hormone that prevents
ovulation (the release of an egg from an ovary). This medication also causes changes in your
cervical mucus and uterine lining, making it harder for sperm to reach the uterus and harder for a
fertilized egg to attach to the uterus.
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Contraceptive combinations containing estrogenic and progestinic steroids.
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Ethinyl estradiol and etonogestrel is a combination of female hormones that prevent
ovulation (the release of an egg from an ovary). This medication also causes changes in your
cervical mucus and uterine lining, making it harder for sperm to reach the uterus and harder for a
fertilized egg to attach to the uterus.
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Medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) is used during cancer therapy to stop new cell growth in some cancers. It is also used outside of cancer treatment as a contraceptive.
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Norethindrone is a form of progesterone, a female hormone. Norethindrone prevents
ovulation (the release of an egg from an ovary). This medication also causes changes in your
cervical mucus and uterine lining, making it harder for sperm to reach the uterus and harder for a
fertilized egg to attach to the uterus.
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Synthetic progestin.
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Ethinyl estradiol and ethynodiol diacetate contains a combination of female hormones that
prevent ovulation (the release of an egg from an ovary). This medication also causes changes in
your cervical mucus and uterine lining, making it harder for sperm to reach the uterus and harder
for a fertilized egg to attach to the uterus.
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