| 41. | In patients with endometrial cancer who use progestin releasing IUDs concluded mixed results.
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| 42. | The main hormones involved are estrogen, progesterone and a drug called progestin.
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| 43. | _Progestin can cause bloating and breast tenderness.
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| 44. | Progestin counters that risk, which is why the hormones are given in combination.
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| 45. | The new study suggests that some of the risk is due to the progestin.
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| 46. | So, should women currently taking both estrogen and progestin stop taking the latter?
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| 47. | Women would take one progestin pill immediately and a second one 12 hours later.
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| 48. | Researchers in Australia also say they have successfully tested a progestin-testosterone combination.
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| 49. | This effect is caused by the ability of some progestins to inhibit androgen receptors.
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| 50. | It contains 69 percent of progestin found in the original Depo-Provera shot.
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