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Table 2 Progestin only Pills

From: The Progestin Revolution: progestins are arising as the dominant players in the tight interlink between contraceptives and bleeding control

Progestin only pills now commercially available
Minipills
  Norethindrone 350 μg
  Desogestrel [not in USA] 75 μg
High progestin-only pill
  Drosperinone 4 mg
Progestin only pills mostly discontinued [none available in USA]
Minipills
  Etynodiol diacetate 500 μg
  Levonorgestrel 30 μg
  Lynestrenol 500 μg
  Norethisterone 300 μg
  Norgestrel 75 μg or levonorgestrel 37.5 μg
Discontinued Minipills
  Chlormadione acetate 0.5 mg
  Quingestanol acetate 0.3 mg
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