norelgestromin
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Norelgestromin, or norelgestromine, sold under the brand names Evra and Ortho Evra among others, is a progestin medication which is used as a method of birth control for women. The medication is available in combination with an estrogen and is not available alone. It is used as a patch that is applied to the skin.
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- progesterone congener
- Mass
- 327.219829
- Has use
- medication
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- chemical formula
- C₂₁H₂₉NO₂
- medical condition treated
- amenorrhea
- canonical SMILES
- CCC12CCC3C(C1CCC2(C#C)O)CCC4=CC(=NO)CCC34
- Commons category
- Norelgestromin
- isomeric SMILES
- C#C[C@]1(O)CC[C@H]2[C@@H]3CCC4=CC(=NO)CC[C@@H]4[C@H]3CC[C@@]21CC
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Norelgestromin, or norelgestromine, sold under the brand names Evra and Ortho Evra among others, is a progestin medication which is used as a method of birth control for women. The medication is available in combination with an estrogen and is not available alone. It is used as a patch that is applied to the skin.
Side effects of the combination of an estrogen and norelgestromin include menstrual irregularities, headaches, nausea, abdominal pain, breast tenderness, mood changes, and others. Norelgestromin is a progestin, or a synthetic progestogen, and hence is an agonist of the progesterone receptor, the biological target of progestogens like progesterone. It has very weak androgenic activity and no other important hormonal activity.
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