Ethinylestradiol/gestodene

Ethinylestradiol/gestodene
	Ethinylestradiol
	Gestodene
Combination of
Ethinylestradiol	Estrogen
Gestodene	Progestogen; Progestin
Clinical data
Trade names	Femodene, Gynera, Harmonet, Lindynette, Logest, Meliane, Minesse, Minulet, Mirelle, others
Other names	EE/GSD
Routes of; administration	By mouth
Drug class	Estrogen; Progestin; Progestogen
Legal status
Legal status	US: ℞-only;
Identifiers
CAS Number	109852-02-0;

Ethinylestradiol/gestodene (EE/GSD), sold under the brand names Femodene and Minulet among others, is a combination of ethinylestradiol (EE), an estrogen, and gestodene (GSD), a progestin, which is used as a birth control pill to prevent pregnancy in women.^[1]^[2] It is taken by mouth and contains 20 or 30 μg EE and 0.075 mg GSD per tablet.^[1]^[2] EE/GSD is marketed widely throughout the world.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans; World Health Organization; International Agency for Research on Cancer (2007). Combined Estrogen-progestogen Contraceptives and Combined Estrogen-progestogen Menopausal Therapy. World Health Organization. pp. 440–. ISBN 978-92-832-1291-1.
^ ^a ^b Bartke A, Constanti A (9 July 2003). Basic Endocrinology. Taylor & Francis. pp. 128–. ISBN 978-1-135-29850-0.
^ "Gestodene". drugs.com.

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