Molecular mechanisms of steroid receptor-mediated actions by synthetic progestins used in HRT and contraception

D Africander, N Verhoog, JP Hapgood - Steroids, 2011 - Elsevier
Synthetic progestins are used by millions of women as contraceptives and in hormone
replacement therapy (HRT), although their molecular mechanisms of action are not well …

Invited review polymeric delivery systems for controlled drug release

R Langer - Chemical Engineering Communications, 1980 - Taylor & Francis
The use of polymers to provide controlled long-term delivery of drugs and other chemicals is
a rapidly emerging field. This review focuses primarily on the applications of these polymeric …

Investigations of pharmacokinetics of levonorgestrel to specific consideration of a possible first-pass effect in women

M Hümpel, H Wendt, G Pommerenke, C Weiβ, U Speck - Contraception, 1978 - Elsevier
Three women were each given 30 μg levonorgestrel in succession by the intravenous and
oral routes. Another six women were given 150 μg levonorgestrel in the form of a …

Terminal half-lives in plasma and bioavailability of norethisterone, levonorgestrel, cyproterone acetate and gestodene in rats, beagles and rhesus monkeys

B Düsterberg, M Hümpel, U Speck - Contraception, 1981 - Elsevier
Norethisterone, levonorgestrel, cyproterone acetate and gestodene have been used for a
long time in oral contraception and other indications, or are in the process of development …

Intraindividual comparison of pharmacokinetic parameters of d-norgestrel, lynestrenol and cyproterone acetate in 6 women

M Hümpel, H Wendt, G Dogs, C Weiβ, S Rietz, U Speck - Contraception, 1977 - Elsevier
5 mg lynestrenol-14 C (Lyn), 2.0 mg cyproterone acetate-14 C (CPA) and 0.25 mg d-
norgestrel-3 H (d-Ng), each together with 50μg ethinyloestradiol, were each administered …

Hormonal changes during the first year of use of subdermal levonoregestrel implants, NORPLANT®

MM Shaaban, IM El-Nashar, SA Ghaneimah… - Contraception, 1984 - Elsevier
Sixty-three women had NORPLANT® implants inserted during the first eight days of the
menstrual cycle. Blood specimens were withdrawn at the time of insertion and every three …

Plasma concentrations of ethinylestradiol and d-norgestrel during two immediate postabortal oral contraceptive cycles

P Lähteenmäki, CG Nilsson - Contraception, 1978 - Elsevier
Three voluntary women started a microdose, combined oral contraception (30 μg of EE 2
and 150 μg of d-Ng) within ten hours after an induced abortion on week 8–10 of gestation …

A new look at progestogens

K Fotherby - Clinics in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1984 - Elsevier
The large number of oestrogen-progestogen formulations available for contraceptive use
was markedly reduced in the late 1960s when many progestogens were withdrawn on …

The progestational activity of different gestagens used for human contraception in the beagle bitch

S Beier, F Haase, B Kosub, B Düsterberg, W Elger - Contraception, 1979 - Elsevier
In long-term studies chlormadinone acetate (CMA) and cyproterone acetate (CPA) have
much more pronounced mammotropic effects in dogs than norethisterone acetate (NA) or …

Plasma levels of levonorgestrel, gestodene, norethisterone and cyproterone acetate on single-dose subcutaneous administration in oily solution in the rat, beagle and …

B Düsterberg - Steroids, 1984 - Elsevier
This report describes the pharmacokinetics of levonorgestrel, gestodene, norethisterone and
cyproterone acetate following subcutaneous administration of oily solutions in the rat …