• Contraceptives, Oral, Synthetic
• ATC:G03CA

• Cervicundin
• Continuin
• Demulen
• Ethinodiol Diacetate
• Ethynodiol
• Ethynodiol Diacetate [Progestins]
• Ethynodiol Diacetate [Usan]
• Etynodiol
• Femulen
• Luteonorm
• Luto-Metrodiol
• Metrodiol
• Metrodiol Diacetate
• Metrulen
• Ovulen
• Ovulen 50

C₂₄H₃₂O₄

http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/ethynoc.htm

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384.508 g/mol

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Solid

4.118

Cream; Liquid; Ointment; Solution; Suspension; Syrup

For the prevention of pregnancy in women who elect to use this product as a method of contraception.

Ethynodiol Diacetate is used as a female contraceptive. Ethynodiol Diacetate is a progestin or a synthetic form of the naturally occurring female sex hormone, progesterone. In a woman's normal menstrual cycle, an egg matures and is released from the ovaries (ovulation). The ovary then produces progesterone, preventing the release of further eggs and priming the lining of the womb for a possible pregnancy. If pregnancy occurs, progesterone levels in the body remain high, maintaining the womb lining. If pregnancy does not occur, progesterone levels in the body fall, resulting in a menstrual period. Ethynodiol Diacetate tricks the body processes into thinking that ovulation has already occurred, by maintaining high levels of the synthetic progesterone. This prevents the release of eggs from the ovaries.

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Humans and other mammals