Assertion: contraceptive's progestin | /r/HasProperty | levonorgestrel
Facets:
value: primarily
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Combined estrogen (ethinylestradiol) and progestin (levonorgestrel or norgestrel) pills used to be available as dedicated emergency contraceptive pills under several brand names: Schering PC4, Tetragynon, Neoprimavlar, and Preven (in the United States) but were withdrawn after more effective dedicated progestin-only (levonorgestrel) emergency contraceptive pills with fewer side effects became available.
text: It contains two female hormones, an estrogen called ethinyl estradiol, and a progestin called levonorgestrel.
text: A variety of types of emergency contraceptive pills are available: combined estrogen and progestin pills, progestin-only (levonorgestrel, LNG) pills, and antiprogestin (ulipristal acetate or mifepristone) pills.
text: The progestins are primarily 19-nor testosterone derivatives such as levonorgestrel, norgestrel, norethindrone and norethinodrel.
text: It contains two compounds similar to female hormones -- a synthetic estrogen called ethinyl estradiol and a synthetic progestin called levonorgestrel -- which prevent ovulation (the release of eggs from the ovaries).