Female Drugs Flashcards
(37 cards)
Acts as an estrogen agonist in bone.
It is used for the treatment and prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis.
Raloxifene
used for progestin challenge, administered dialy for 7 to 4 days, after which a menstrual bleed should ensue in normally estrogenized patients
medroxyprogesterone acetate
Levonorgestrel
Pill or high-dose estrogen-progestin combination pill used for postcoital emergency contraception
Tamoxifen
A competitive antagonist of the estrogen receptor in the breast.
Used for the treatment of estrogen receptor positive breast tumors
Ulipristal
A partial agonist of progesterone receptors. It blocks ovulation and is used for postcoital emergency contraception
Drospirenone
a synthetic progestin and spironolactone analogue.
A new progestin used in combination OC
adminstered IM to induce follicular maturation and ovulation
human chorionic gonadotropin
aromatase in inhibitor (starts with L) used for treatment of breast cancer
Letrozole
It’s the natural progestin.
It has a high first pass effect and has poor oral bioavailability.
Limits the proliferative action of estrogen
Progesterone
intramuscular injection of GnRH agonist to manage chronic pelvic pain associated with endometriosis
leuprolide acetate
Letrozole
aromatase in inhibitor (starts with L)
used for treatment of breast cancer
Exemestane
aromatase in inhibitor (starts with E) used for treatment of breast cancer
a synthetic progestin and spironolactone analogue.
A new progestin used in combination OC
Drospirenone
the most commonly used oral agent for induction of ovulation, chemically related to diethylstilbestrol and tamoxifen
clomiphene
nasal injection of GnRH agonist to manage chronic pelvic pain associated with endometriosis
nafarelin
Progesterone
It’s the natural progestin.
It has a high first pass effect and has poor oral bioavailability.
Limits the proliferative action of estrogen
Raloxifene
Acts as an estrogen agonist in bone.
It is used for the treatment and prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis.
aromatase in inhibitor (starts with A)
used for treatment of breast cancer
Anastrozole
GnRH antagonist approved for preventing the LH surge during controlled ovarian hyperstimulation
ganirelix
goserelin
subcutaneous injection of GnRH agonist to manage chronic pelvic pain associated with endometriosis
a weak agonist of estrogen receptors in some tissues.
It’s used to treat infertility.
It enhances gandotropin secretion by antagonizing feedback suppression of GnRH.
Can cause ovarian hyperstimulation
Clomiphene
A partial agonist of progesterone receptors.
It blocks ovulation and is used for postcoital emergency contraception
Ulipristal
17B estradiol
the most potent natural estrogen.
It is in equilibrium with estrone.
It is produced from aromatization of testosterone
The first high pass effect of it results in poor bioavailability with oral preps.
mestranol (converted to…)
Converted by the body to ethinyl estradiol
