Recent news on Norgestrel

Health Buzz  -  Feb 19, 2007
Jackson Clarion Ledger,Older pills contain norgestrel, levonorgestrel or norethindrone instead of desogestrel. All four are progestins. Contraceptives containing desogestrel were

Some Contraceptives May Cause Blood Clots: Petition  -  Feb 6, 2007
Washington Post,Instead of desogestrel, second-generation birth-control pills contain norgestrel, levonorgestrel or norethindrone, Public Citizen said.

Public Citizen Petitions FDA to Ban Third-Generation Birth Control ...  -  Feb 7, 2007
All American Patriots (press release),All third-generation contraceptives in the United States contain desogestrel, while second-generation contraceptives contain norgestrel, levonorgestrel or

Consumer Group Petitions FDA To Ban Some Contraceptive Pills  -  Feb 7, 2007
Medical News Today,The third generation ones use desogestrel as the progestin component, while the earlier versions use norgestrel, levonorgestrel or norethindrone.

Police Investigate Birth Control Sales  Sep 22, 2006
...read the front of the label, or "New Pearl -- Smoothness and Protection: Oral Contraceptive." The back said that the pills contained norgestrel with ethinyl ... -Washington Post



Medical journal no place for dirty laundry  11 Apr 2006
...to withhold the article.". [Levonorgestrel is a progestin, so-named because it is the levorotatory form of norgestrel. It is used ... - Common Ground.ca

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