progestin

…So anything with a progestin, and progestin is sort of like that category of medicine, like progesterone, which are made by your ovaries when you ovulate.…

…Oral contraceptives are used to flatten the hormonal fluctuations of the menstrual cycle, progestin mimics to induce an atrophic state in the endometrial-like tissue, and, in short doses, GnRH agonists to induce a reversible state of complete estrogen suppression.…

…And progestins, which are in all forms of hormonal birth control, when they get picked up in the hypothalamus in the brain, that sends a signal that the brain should not stimulate the ovaries and should not lead to egg maturation and egg development.…