Mestranol
Mestranol, sold under the brand names Enovid, Norinyl, and Ortho-Novum among others, is an estrogen medication which has been used in birth control pills, menopausal hormone therapy, and the treatment of menstrual disorders. It is formulated in combination with a progestin and is not available alone. It is taken by mouth. Side effects of mestranol include nausea, breast tension, edema, and breakthrough bleeding among others. It is an estrogen, or an agonist of the estrogen receptors, the biological target of estrogens like estradiol. Mestranol is a prodrug of ethinylestradiol in the body.
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Mestranol
Mestranol, sold under the brand names Enovid, Norinyl, and Ortho-Novum among others, is an estrogen medication which has been used in birth control pills, menopausal hormone therapy, and the treatment of menstrual disorders. It is formulated in combination with a progestin and is not available alone. It is taken by mouth. Side effects of mestranol include nausea, breast tension, edema, and breakthrough bleeding among others. It is an estrogen, or an agonist of the estrogen receptors, the biological target of estrogens like estradiol. Mestranol is a prodrug of ethinylestradiol in the body.
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Mestranol ist ein synthetische ...... ingesetzten Ethinylestradiols.
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Mestranol, sold under the bran ...... ted Kingdom, Japan, and Chile.
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O mestranol (DCI; nomes de mar ...... terapia de reposição hormonal.
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Enovid, Norinyl, Ortho-Novum, others
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IUPHAR ligand
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Rx-only
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Ethinylestradiol 3-methyl ethe ...... regna-1,3,5-trien-20-yn-17β-ol
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Enovid, Norinyl, Ortho-Novum, others
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B2V233XGE7
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Mestranol ist ein synthetische ...... ingesetzten Ethinylestradiols.
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Mestranol, sold under the bran ...... ethinylestradiol in the body.
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O mestranol (DCI; nomes de mar ...... terapia de reposição hormonal.
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