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Noréthistérone
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Desogestrel
Desogestrel is a progestin medication which is used in birth control pills for women. It is also used in the treatment of menopausal symptoms in women. The medication is available and used alone or in combination with an estrogen. It is taken by mouth. Side effects of desogestrel include menstrual irregularities, headaches, nausea, breast tenderness, mood changes, acne, increased hair growth, and others. Desogestrel is a progestin, or a synthetic progestogen, and hence is an agonist of the progesterone receptor, the biological target of progestogens like progesterone.
Norelgestromin
Norelgestromin, or norelgestromine, sold under the brand names Evra and Ortho Evra among others, is a progestin medication which is used as a method of birth control for women. The medication is available in combination with an estrogen and is not available alone. It is used as a patch that is applied to the skin. Side effects of the combination of an estrogen and norelgestromin include menstrual irregularities, headaches, nausea, abdominal pain, breast tenderness, mood changes, and others.
Norgestimate
Norgestimate, sold under the brand names Ortho Tri-Cyclen and Previfem among others, is a progestin medication which is used in birth control pills for women and in menopausal hormone therapy. The medication is available in combination with an estrogen and is not available alone. It is taken by mouth. Side effects of the combination of an estrogen and norgestimate include menstrual irregularities, headaches, nausea, abdominal pain, breast tenderness, mood changes, and others.
Danazol
Danazol, sold as Danocrine and other brand names, is a medication used in the treatment of endometriosis, fibrocystic breast disease, hereditary angioedema and other conditions. It is taken by mouth. The use of danazol is limited by masculinizing side effects such as acne, excessive hair growth, and voice deepening. Danazol has a complex mechanism of action, and is characterized as a weak androgen and anabolic steroid, a weak progestogen, a weak antigonadotropin, a weak steroidogenesis inhibitor, and a functional antiestrogen.
Tibolone
Le tibolone est un médicament qui est utilisé dans l'hormonothérapie de la ménopause, dans le traitement de l'ostéoporose postménopausique et dans l'endométriose. Ce médicament est vendu entre autres sous la marque Livial et n'est pas formulé ou utilisé en combinaison avec d'autres médicaments. Il est administré par voie orale. Le tibolone a été développé dans les années 1960 et a été introduit pour la première fois aux Pays-Bas en 1988, puis au Royaume-Uni en 1991.
Ethylestrenol
Ethylestrenol, also known as ethyloestrenol or ethylnandrol and sold under the brand names Maxibolin and Orabolin among others, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) medication which has been used in the past for a variety of indications such as to promote weight gain and to treat anemia and osteoporosis but has been discontinued for use in humans. It is still available for veterinary use in Australia and New Zealand however. It is taken by mouth.
Etonogestrel
L'étonogestrel est un médicament couramment utilisé comme moyen de contraception féminine. Il est disponible sous la forme d'un implant placé sous la peau de la partie supérieure du bras, sous les noms de marque Nexplanon et Implanon, et en association avec l'éthinylestradiol, un œstrogène, sous forme d'anneau vaginal sous les noms de marque NuvaRing et Circlet. L'étonogestrel en implant est efficace comme contraceptif dans les après insertion pour au moins trois ou quatre ans, certaines données montrant une efficacité pendant cinq ans.
Gestrinone
Gestrinone, sold under the brand names Dimetrose and Nemestran among others, is a medication which is used in the treatment of endometriosis. It has also been used to treat other conditions such as uterine fibroids and heavy menstrual bleeding and has been investigated as a method of birth control. Gestrinone is used alone and is not formulated in combination with other medications. It is taken by mouth or in through the vagina.
Estrogen (medication)
An estrogen (E) is a type of medication which is used most commonly in hormonal birth control and menopausal hormone therapy, and as part of feminizing hormone therapy for transgender women. They can also be used in the treatment of hormone-sensitive cancers like breast cancer and prostate cancer and for various other indications. Estrogens are used alone or in combination with progestogens. They are available in a wide variety of formulations and for use by many different routes of administration.
Noréthandrolone
La norethandrolone est une molécule appartenant à la classe des stéroïdes anabolisants. Elle est indiquée en France dans le traitement de l'aplasie médullaire. Elle ne semble plus commercialisée qu'en France en 2020 L'indication de l'autorisation de mise sur le marché, délivrée en 1960, est l'aplasie médullaire, une pathologie correspondant à la cessation de la synthèse de nouvelles cellules sanguines dans la moelle osseuse.