| 31. | Makers of prescription estrogens and progestins take a different tack, he said.
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| 32. | Women's bodies make progestins like progesterone to suppress ovulation during pregnancy.
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| 33. | Progestin is the endocrine version of the male nipple.
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| 34. | But similar combinations of estrogen and progestin in alternative forms are catching on.
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| 35. | The fact is that progestin and progesterone are different,
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| 36. | Ortho Evra is a skin patch that releases the hormones estrogen and progestin.
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| 37. | In clinical practice, most women take a combination of estrogen and progestin.
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| 38. | So how long could they use estrogen and progestin?
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| 39. | Both estrogen alone and with progestin have some benefits.
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| 40. | Most will also need periodic progestin to regularize menses.
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