What is Progesterone Agonist

As we mentioned in previous articles during the last stage of the menstrual cycle normally a layer of endometriosis lining in the inside of the uterus is expelled, known as menstruation blood but instead some of the endometriosis tissues grow somewhere in the body causing endometriosis. Endometriosis also reacts to hormonal signals of the monthly menstrual cycle, building up tissue, breaking it, and eliminating it through the menstrual period. In this article, we will discuss progesterone only pills

I. Definition

This type of pill contains no estrogen also known as the progesterone-like pill or progestins, it helps to maintain milk production for breastfeeding mother and to thicken the cervical mucus, thereby preventing sperm from entering the uterus. This type of pill must be taken at a certain time every 24 hours for effectively.

II. Types of Progesterone medicines

a) Injecting medicines

Type of progesterone medication injected in the women body every three months, such as Depo Provera. It is good for women who want to have long term contraception, it may work well for some women but study shows that it causes bone loss and sometime osteoporosis.

b) Implant medicine

The other type of progesterone like medicine such as Implanon is implanted into the fat of a non dominant arm and last about 3 years. It may not cause bone loss as Depo Provera, but it causes male like pattern such as excessive hair growth and deepening the voice.

c) Progesterone-like pills

i) Progesterone like pill in treating excessive menstruation

If a woman dose not have progesterone irregularity, her doctor may prescribe this type of medicine. It helps to complete shredding of the endometrium and stops the abnormal bleeding. Beside all the good thing of this type of progesterone like pill, it also has it side effects, such as elevating level of cholesterol.

ii) Other types

Other type of progesterone like medicines, such as Provera, Duphaston, they helps to relieve of menstrual cramp with no long term serious side effects by created the pregnancy-like state. the side effects include spotting and bleeding.