A kind of progestin used in some hormonal contraceptives. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Noristerat (Net-En) are progestin only injections. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 37] Reference
With women, you get estrogen progestin as you know. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 25, 2008] Reference
Mesigyna, are injections of both progestin and estrogen. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 37] Reference
These hormones are called estrogen and progesterone (progestin). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 37] Reference
PatchApply a new patch (a combo of estrogen and progestin) weekly. From Wordnik.com. [Cheat Sheet | Contraceptives] Reference
But, again, it applies only to the estrogen-progestin combination. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 13, 2002] Reference
And these included the women that were taking the estrogen-progestin combination. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 13, 2002] Reference
If this bothers you, you may want to change to a pill that is lower in progestin. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 37] Reference
And they don't apply to women who take estrogen without progestin following hysterectomy. From Wordnik.com. [The End Of The Age Of Estrogen] Reference
But menstrual disturbances are an accepted feature of other progestin-only contraceptives. From Wordnik.com. [The Norplant Backlash] Reference
Now with these combination hormones, namely estrogen and progestin, ovulation is suppressed. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 25, 2002] Reference
Her mother had an IUD scare, and two of her sisters got pregnant on the progestin-only minipill. From Wordnik.com. [Still Fumbling In The Dark] Reference
These contain low amounts of both estrogen and progestin in a mix that changes throughout the month. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 37] Reference
Now, this does not include women taking estrogen only, just the combination of estrogen and progestin. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 13, 2002] Reference
Paula, keep these numbers in mind, the numbers you see on the screen here, estrogen, progestin therapy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 9, 2003] Reference
The other one is a combination of estrogen and progestin, a combination of two different hormones -- Soledad. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 25, 2003] Reference
I asked her one last question: What kind of birth control pill is the most common, combination or progestin-only?. From Wordnik.com. [Fact checking the TV fact-checkers: Buck would oppose common forms of birth control] Reference
HUTCHERSON: Well, it has the same two hormones that the traditional birth control pill has, estrogen and progestin. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 3, 2007] Reference
A new product called Norplant, which secretes progestin from a device implanted in the arm, is now coming on the market. From Wordnik.com. [Searching For A Better Pill] Reference
And it's especially important for the six million American women that are taking the combination of estrogen and progestin. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 13, 2002] Reference
The only features that gave Carmen away were her voice, which remained husky despite the estrogen and progestin, and her hands. From Wordnik.com. [Middlesex]
The one that you're seeing here, the pill, it contains estrogen, whereas the implantable, the Implanon, contains progestin only. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2006] Reference
But the FDA is nowhere near yanking approval for Premarin (the 61-year-old estrogen product) or Prempro (estrogen plus progestin). From Wordnik.com. [The Hormone Decision] Reference
It took Depo-Provera, a progestin that's injected every three months, 25 years to win Food and Drug Administration approval, in 1992. From Wordnik.com. [Still Fumbling In The Dark] Reference
Low-dose progestin, phytoestrogens, which are plant-derived estrogens, and vitamin E, which nominally may work specifically on hot flashes. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2004] Reference
Six million women are taking this estrogen-progestin combination and I mean, you know, my own mother is asking me what am I supposed to do?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 13, 2002] Reference
Researchers say estrogen progestin supplements doubles the chance that post-menopausal women will develop blood clots in the legs or lungs. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 6, 2004] Reference
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