Conjugated estrogens/norgestrel

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| drug_name = Conjugated estrogens/norgestrel

| component1 = Conjugated estrogens

| class1 = Estrogen

| component2 = Norgestrel

| class2 = Progestogen; Progestin

| tradename = Prempak-C

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| routes_of_administration = By mouth

| class = Estrogen; Progestin; Progestogen

| CAS_number = 110735-92-7

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| synonyms = CEEs/NG

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Conjugated estrogens/norgestrel (CEEs/NG), sold under the brand name Prempak-C among others, is a combination of conjugated estrogens (CEEs), an estrogen, and norgestrel (NG), a progestin, which is used in menopausal hormone therapy in postmenopausal women.{{cite book| vauthors = Cartwright S, Godlee C |title=Churchill's Pocketbook of General Practice E-Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uHGFhWN9xBkC&pg=PA55|date=20 January 2012|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|isbn=978-0-7020-5073-2|pages=55–}}{{cite book| vauthors = Erkkola R |title=The Menopause|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1AU_NI__fpUC&pg=PA265|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-0-444-51830-9|pages=265–}}{{cite book| vauthors = Filshie M, Guillebaud J |title=Contraception: Science and Practice|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ug3-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA229|date=22 October 2013|publisher=Elsevier Science|isbn=978-1-4831-6366-6|pages=229–}}{{cite book| vauthors = Constanti A |title=Basic Endocrinology for Students of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z8cP3StNhVwC&pg=PA102|date=17 February 1998|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-90-5702-250-0|pages=102–}} It is taken by mouth and contains 0.625 or 1.25 mg CEEs and 150 μg NG (or 75 μg levonorgestrel) per tablet. The medication is no longer marketed.{{Cite web | url=https://www.drugs.com/international/norgestrel.html | title=Norgestrel}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.drugs.com/international/levonorgestrel.html |title = Levonorgestrel}}

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Category:Abandoned drugs

Category:Combined estrogen–progestogen formulations

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