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... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Gonadal Hormones > Corpus Luteum Hormones > Progesterone > Hydroxyprogesterones > Medroxyprogesterone > Medroxyprogesterone Acetate
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... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Gonadal Hormones > Gonadal Steroid Hormones > Progesterone Congeners > Progesterone > Hydroxyprogesterones > Medroxyprogesterone > Medroxyprogesterone Acetate

Preferred term

Medroxyprogesterone Acetate  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • (6 alpha)-17-(Acetoxy)-6-methylpregn-4-ene-3,20-dione
  • 6 alpha Methyl 17alpha hydroxyprogesterone Acetate
  • 6-alpha-Methyl-17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone Acetate
  • Depo Medroxyprogesterone Acetate
  • Depo-Medroxyprogesterone Acetate
  • Medroxyprogesterone 17 Acetate
  • Medroxyprogesterone 17-Acetate
  • Pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione, 17-(acetyloxy)-6-methyl-, (6alpha)-

Scope note

  • A synthetic progestin that is derived from 17-hydroxyprogesterone. It is a long-acting contraceptive that is effective both orally or by intramuscular injection and has also been used to treat breast and endometrial neoplasms.

History note

  • 2010 (1973)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017258

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