PROGESTIN

Course overview

PROGESTINS, OR PROGESTOGENS, ARE A CLASS OF SYNTHETIC HORMONE DRUGS THAT MIMIC PROGESTERONE'S ENDOGENOUS HORMONE. THESE DRUGS EACH ACT ON THE PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR. HOWEVER, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SPECIFIC EFFECTS AND ARE GROUPED BASED ON GENERATIONAL CLASS OR THEIR STRUCTURAL DERIVATION. PROGESTINS ARE USED AS MEDICATIONS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF A VARIETY OF CONDITIONS, INCLUDING CONTRACEPTION AND POSTMENOPAUSAL HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY (HRT), AMONG OTHERS. THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS THE MECHANISM OF ACTION, INDICATIONS, CONTRAINDICATIONS, ADVERSE EVENTS, AND OTHER KEY ELEMENTS OF PROGESTIN THERAPY IN THE CLINICAL SETTING TO BENEFIT THE MEMBERS OF A HEALTHCARE TEAM MANAGING THE CARE OF PATIENTS FOR WHICH PROGESTIN MAY BE OF BENEFIT.