How to Use progestin in a Sentence

progestin

noun

• This shot of a progestin prevents the release of an egg from the ovaries for three months.
  — Jane E. Brody, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2018
• The long-term effects of progestin use are still unknown, Pirie said.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 23 Mar. 2023
• The drug, with the brand name of Opill, is a progestin-only birth control pill to be taken daily.
  — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 11 July 2022
• The progestin route is promising, but not without its side effects.
  — Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 1 Feb. 2018
• The progestin-containing IUD, implant, shot or minipill all work well for this.
  — Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times, 12 May 2017
• For the most part, the intervention works much better when the pills include both progestin and estrogen.
  — Rachel Gutman-Wei, The Atlantic, 14 July 2023
• The study also touched on the question of whether, when combined with estrogen, certain types of progestin can raise a person's clot risk.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 27 Jan. 2018
• One type of birth control pill, sometimes called the mini-pill, contains only the hormone progestin.
  — Amanda MacMillan, Health, 11 Feb. 2023
• Jadelle uses just two silicon rods, in contrast to Norplant’s six, to release a form of progestin.
  — Knvul Sheikh, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2019
• Some modes of birth control have both estrogen and progestin, making use of all of these mechanisms.
  — Natasha Lavender, SELF, 1 Apr. 2019
• The new study found no difference in heart risk, a very low risk of stroke, and an increase in breast cancer risk only in those who took estrogen and progestin at the same time.
  — Alexa Mikhail, Fortune, 2 May 2024
• Megesterol is a progestin-type of drug that is effective but can cause progression of prostate cancer.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 9 Feb. 2023
• And because the pill includes progestin and not estrogen, there are fewer side effects.
  — TIME, 2 May 2024
• Birth control, which has estrogen and progestin, helps keep hormones balanced and skin clear.
  — Jessica Cruel, SELF, 8 Aug. 2019
• The difference is that while hormonal IUDs emit progestin, Paragard has copper wire coiled around it.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 8 Nov. 2019
• The culprit could be the pill or another hormonal contraceptive, like a progestin IUD but that's not always the case.
  — Glamour, 22 May 2019
• The gel includes the hormone progestin, which prevents the testes from making testosterone at a level that supports sperm production.
  — Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2017
• Other kinds of IUDs that use progestin, a hormone also used in birth control pills, can sometimes lead to abdominal pain.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2023
• Most birth control pills used in the US today contain a combination of progestin and estrogen.
  — Matthew Perrone, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2023
• Nestorone is a synthetic progestin that blocks the production of male hormones needed to generate sperm.
  — USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2020
• The study soley looked at progestin-only birth control methods and depression.
  — Elly Belle, Teen Vogue, 27 Feb. 2018
• The first, combination pills, have both estrogen and progestin.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 26 Aug. 2022
• There are two types, but only the one containing two hormones, an estrogen and a progestin, is usually prescribed for teens.
  — Jane E. Brody, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2018
• The substance used in the study, DMAU, has properties similar to both androgens, such as testosterone, and progestins, such as progesterone.
  — Mark Lieber, CNN, 20 Mar. 2018
• The other contains progestin and a synthetic version of the hormone estrogen.
  — Laurie McGinley, Rachel Roubein and Akilah Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 4 May 2023
• But a progestin-only pill, a.k.a. the minipill, sometimes makes acne worse, so one of these is probably not your best bet if blemishes are already the bane of your existence.
  — Juno Demelo, Glamour, 24 Aug. 2021
• On average, toward the end of our 30s our bodies start producing less of the hormones estrogen and progestin, according to the Mayo Clinic.
  — Colleen Stinchcombe, Woman's Day, 6 Sep. 2018
• Tests on monkeys suggested the hormone in the shot, progestin, might thin the protective vaginal mucus or make immune cells in the vaginal tract replicate H.I.V. more quickly.
  — New York Times, 13 June 2019
• Opill uses the synthetic hormone progestin to block sperm from the cervix, preventing pregnancy.
  — Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 10 May 2023
• This is because the progestin in them may help hormone-receptive cancers develop.
  — SELF, 14 Sep. 2018

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024