Recent publications describe a variety of protocols using high dose oral progestin pills with or without a medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) injection that demonstrate high effectiveness and good tolerability. Comparted to many other progestins, MPA is not converted in part into ethinyl estradiol and ...
When you talk about the dose of birth control pills, you're talking about the amount of hormones they contain. Most combination pills and all minipills are low-dose. With combination pills, the more estrogen they have, the more side effects they may cause. These can include: Breast tenderne...
Postcoital (emergency) contraceptive regimens better tolerated with levonorgestrel than with estrogen-progestins.Etonogestrel implants: Bleeding irregularities (e.g., frequent, heavy, or prolonged bleeding, spotting).Levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system: Abdominal pain, leukorrhea, headache, vaginitis,...
Menopause may also have an active role in osteoporosis, a condition in which bones become very weak and can break easily. Estrogen is important in building new bone. The decrease in estrogen during menopause makes women susceptible to osteoporosis. It is very important to build as much bone den...
Since progestin is similar to progesterone, it also decreases estrogen production which in turn stops a woman from ovulating and having menstrual periods. Progestins block luteinizing hormone (LH) which helps stop ovulation. Progestin is an effective hormone therapy, and is one of the oldest treatm...
22.The method of claim 1, wherein the treatment is effected without producing estrogen deficiency effects. Description: This application is a 35 U.S.C. §371 National phase filing from International Application No. PCT/US00/23770, filed Aug. 31, 2000, which International application claims prio...
Unlike the more widely used combined oral contraceptives containing an estrogen plus progestin, these pills contain only a progestin (progestogen) and are taken without interruption. How these pills compare to others in their class or to combined oral contraceptives is not clear. Objectives This ...
Estrogen-progestin pills linked to breast cancer, study saysLindsey Tanner
For decades, combined estrogen-progestin oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) have been the first-line treatment for menstrual and pelvic pain associated with endometriosis without any clinical evidence of efficacy. Initial relief provided by OCPs is likely a result of improvement in primary dysmenorrhea. ...
Characteristics and metabolic effects of estrogen and progestins contained in oral contraceptive pills. Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab 2013;27(1):13-24.Sitruk-Ware R, Nath A. Characteristics and metabolic effects of estrogen and progestins contained in oral contraceptive pills. Best Pract Res...