2/5/2015 BusySpr

PROGESTOGEN ONLY PILLS (POP)

??Mechanisms of action ??
∙ Primary effect - thickening of cervical mucous and reducing
sperm penetrability?
∙ Primary effect of cerazette - by suppressing ovulation (97% of
cycles on desogestrel are anovulatory)?
∙ Other POPs suppress ovulation to a variable extent (60% of cycles
on levonogestrel only pill are anovulatory.)?
∙ Reduces endometrial receptiveness?
∙ Reduces fallopian tube motility

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