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In recent years it has been increasingly realized that not only estrogens but also progestogens [4] can be responsible for a variety of both favorable and adverse side effects of oral contraceptives, and that their metabolic effects belong to the potentially serious ones. The fact that some untoward effects of progestogens seem to be structure-related encouraged chemical and pharmaceutical research to look for new substances with properties which might better meet medical requirements. As a result many new compounds were synthesized and three of the so- called new-generation progestogens have been subjected to extensive trials: norg- estimate (Ortho), gestoden (Schering) and desogestrel (Organon).
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Kopera, H. (1988). Desogestrel: Review of Pharmacology and Clinical Trials. In: Runnebaum, B., Rabe, T., Kiesel, L. (eds) Female Contraception. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73790-9_14
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