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Ovulation may be suppressed in 15–40% of cycles by POPs containing levonorgestrel, norethisterone, or etynodiol diacetate, but in 97–99% by those containing desogestrel.
Ethisterone, the first orally effective progestagen, was synthesized by Inhoffen and Hohlweg in 1938. Norethisterone, a progestogen still used worldwide, was synthesized by Djerassi in 1951. But this progestogen was not used immediately and in 1953 Colton discovered norethynodrel, used by Pincus in the first oral contraceptive. Numerous other progestogens were subsequently synthesized, e.g., lynestrenol and ethynodiol diacetate, which were, in fact, prhormones converted in vivo to norethisterone. All these progestogens were also able to induce androgenic effects when high doses were used. More potent progestogens were synthesized in the 1960s, e.g. norgestrel, norgestrienone. These progestogens were also more androgenic.
Im Prinzip hatten Hohlweg und Inhoffen die Lösung schon 1938 in der Hand, denn ihr Ethinyltestosteron (11) war eine oral wirksame gestagene Verbindung und Schering hatte daraus bereits 1939 ein Medikament (Proluton C®) entwickelt.
Zur Transformation des Endometriums benotigten sie 200-400 mg [ethisterone] pro Cyclus und postulierten eine etwa sechsfach schwachere Wirkung gegenuber dem Progesteron i.m. appliziert.
17α-Hydroxyprogesterone caproate is a depot progestogen which is entirely free of side actions. The dose required to induce secretory changes in primed endometrium is about 250 mg. per menstrual cycle.
The results showed that after injection the concentration of plasma MA increased rapidly. The meantime of peak plasma MA level was 3rd day, there was a linear relationship between log of plasma MA concentration and time (day) after administration in all subjects, elimination phase half-life t1/2β = 14.35 ± 9.1 days.
Dydrogesterone did not increase the risk of VTE associated with oral estrogen (odds ratio (OR) 0.9, 95% CI 0.4–2.3). Other progestogens (OR 3.9, 95% CI 1.5–10.0) were found to further increase the risk of VTE associated with oral estrogen (OR 4.2, 95% CI 1.5–11.6).
Zur Transformation des Endometriums benotigten sie 200-400 mg [ethisterone] pro Cyclus und postulierten eine etwa sechsfach schwachere Wirkung gegenuber dem Progesteron i.m. appliziert.
Table 1 Publications on ovulation inhibition doses of progestins: Progestin: Progesterone. Reference: Pincus (1956). Method: Urinary Pdiol. Daily dose (mg): 300.000. Total number of cycles in all subjects: 61. Total number of ovulation in all subjects: 30. % of ovulation in all subjects: 49.
The anti-ovulatory properties of megestrol acetate 5 mg. plus Mestranol 0.1 mg. were demonstrated in thirty-five women by direct inspection of the ovaries. When given alone, megestrol acetate 5 mg. or Mestranol 0.1 mg. did not prevent ovulation in all cases.
At 0.25 mg/day MA has no apparent effect on the histology of the endometrium and is not effective as a contraceptive (53). However, at doses of 0.35 and 0.5 mg/day the drug is an effective contraceptive (10). At the 0.5 mg/day dose MA does not inhibit ovulation but does reduce sperm motility in post-coital tests (68).
Early studies on its use as an oral contraceptive showed that, at 300 mg/day (5th to 25th day of the menstrual cycle), progesterone was effective in preventing ovulation through four cycles (263). The related effect of larger doses of progesterone on gonadotropin excretion also has been investigated. Rothchild (264) found that continuous or intermittent intravenously administered progesterone (100-400 mg/day) for 10 days depressed the total amount of gonadotropin excreted into the urine. However, Paulsen et al. (265) found that oral progesterone at 1000 mg/day for 87 days did not have a significant effect on urinary gonadotropin excretion. The efficacy of progesterone as an oral contraceptive was never fully tested, because synthetic progestational agents, which were orally effective, were available.
Table 1: Effects of oral progesterone on three indexes of ovulation: Medication: Progesterone. Number: 69. Mean cycle length: 25.5 ± 0.59. Per cent positive for ovulation by: Basal temperature: 27. Endometrial biopsy: 18. Vaginal smear: 6. [...] we settled on 300 mg. per day [oral progersterone] as a significantly effective [ovulation inhibition] dosage, and this was administered from the fifth day through the twenty-fourth day of the menstrual cycle. [...] We observed each of 33 volunteer subjects during a control, nontreatment cycle and for one to three successive cycles of medication immediately following the control cycle. As indexes of the occurrence of ovulation, daily basal temperatures and vaginal smears were taken, and at the nineteenth to twenty-second day of the cycle an endometrial biopsy. [...] Although we thus demonstrated the ovulation-inhibiting activity of progesterone in normally ovulating women, oral progesterone medication had two disadvantages: ( l) the large daily dosage ( 300 mg.) which presumably would have to be even larger if one sought 100 per cent inhibition1 [...]
[Norethisterone] has similar and [norethynodrel] weaker androgenic effects compared to tibolone.
Similar androgenic potential is inherent to norethisterone and its prodrugs (norethisterone acetate, ethynodiol diacetate, lynestrenol, norethynodrel, quingestanol).
At the time our studies were initiated, 11 different gestagens have been tested in men. All the oral preparations were used in doses 5 to 12 fold that used in the female oral contraceptive. The only exception was levo-norgestrel which was used in a very low dose, namely 100 µg daily (Fotherby et al. 1972). However, no effect was obtained on sperm count and in vitro sperm penetration.
Dydrogesterone did not increase the risk of VTE associated with oral estrogen (odds ratio (OR) 0.9, 95% CI 0.4–2.3). Other progestogens (OR 3.9, 95% CI 1.5–10.0) were found to further increase the risk of VTE associated with oral estrogen (OR 4.2, 95% CI 1.5–11.6).
Table 1 Publications on ovulation inhibition doses of progestins: Progestin: Progesterone. Reference: Pincus (1956). Method: Urinary Pdiol. Daily dose (mg): 300.000. Total number of cycles in all subjects: 61. Total number of ovulation in all subjects: 30. % of ovulation in all subjects: 49.
The anti-ovulatory properties of megestrol acetate 5 mg. plus Mestranol 0.1 mg. were demonstrated in thirty-five women by direct inspection of the ovaries. When given alone, megestrol acetate 5 mg. or Mestranol 0.1 mg. did not prevent ovulation in all cases.
At 0.25 mg/day MA has no apparent effect on the histology of the endometrium and is not effective as a contraceptive (53). However, at doses of 0.35 and 0.5 mg/day the drug is an effective contraceptive (10). At the 0.5 mg/day dose MA does not inhibit ovulation but does reduce sperm motility in post-coital tests (68).
Early studies on its use as an oral contraceptive showed that, at 300 mg/day (5th to 25th day of the menstrual cycle), progesterone was effective in preventing ovulation through four cycles (263). The related effect of larger doses of progesterone on gonadotropin excretion also has been investigated. Rothchild (264) found that continuous or intermittent intravenously administered progesterone (100-400 mg/day) for 10 days depressed the total amount of gonadotropin excreted into the urine. However, Paulsen et al. (265) found that oral progesterone at 1000 mg/day for 87 days did not have a significant effect on urinary gonadotropin excretion. The efficacy of progesterone as an oral contraceptive was never fully tested, because synthetic progestational agents, which were orally effective, were available.
Table 1: Effects of oral progesterone on three indexes of ovulation: Medication: Progesterone. Number: 69. Mean cycle length: 25.5 ± 0.59. Per cent positive for ovulation by: Basal temperature: 27. Endometrial biopsy: 18. Vaginal smear: 6. [...] we settled on 300 mg. per day [oral progersterone] as a significantly effective [ovulation inhibition] dosage, and this was administered from the fifth day through the twenty-fourth day of the menstrual cycle. [...] We observed each of 33 volunteer subjects during a control, nontreatment cycle and for one to three successive cycles of medication immediately following the control cycle. As indexes of the occurrence of ovulation, daily basal temperatures and vaginal smears were taken, and at the nineteenth to twenty-second day of the cycle an endometrial biopsy. [...] Although we thus demonstrated the ovulation-inhibiting activity of progesterone in normally ovulating women, oral progesterone medication had two disadvantages: ( l) the large daily dosage ( 300 mg.) which presumably would have to be even larger if one sought 100 per cent inhibition1 [...]
[Norethisterone] has similar and [norethynodrel] weaker androgenic effects compared to tibolone.
Similar androgenic potential is inherent to norethisterone and its prodrugs (norethisterone acetate, ethynodiol diacetate, lynestrenol, norethynodrel, quingestanol).
Pseudohermaphroditism should not be a problem in these patients as it appears that norethynodrel does not possess androgenic properties, but it is believed that Wilkins has now found one such case in a patient who has been on norethynodrel therapy.
At the time our studies were initiated, 11 different gestagens have been tested in men. All the oral preparations were used in doses 5 to 12 fold that used in the female oral contraceptive. The only exception was levo-norgestrel which was used in a very low dose, namely 100 µg daily (Fotherby et al. 1972). However, no effect was obtained on sperm count and in vitro sperm penetration.
Pseudohermaphroditism should not be a problem in these patients as it appears that norethynodrel does not possess androgenic properties, but it is believed that Wilkins has now found one such case in a patient who has been on norethynodrel therapy.
[Norethisterone] has similar and [norethynodrel] weaker androgenic effects compared to tibolone.
