G03AA Progestogens and estrogens, fixed combinations

G03AA01 Etynodiol and estrogen

G03AA02 Quingestanol

Quingestanol

Quingestanol is a progestogen....

 and estrogen

G03AA03 Lynestrenol

Lynestrenol

Lynestrenol is a progestagen hormone. It is a synthetic orally-available progestagen associated with numerous effects of the natural progesterone hormone...

 and estrogen

G03AA04 Megestrol

Megestrol

Megestrol is a progesterone derivative with antineoplastic properties used in the treatment of advanced carcinoma of the breast and endometrium. When given in relatively high doses, Megestrol can substantially increase appetite in most individuals, even those with advanced cancer...

 and estrogen

G03AA05 Norethisterone

Norethisterone

Norethisterone is a molecule used in some combined oral contraceptive pills, progestogen only pills and is also available as a stand-alone drug...

 and estrogen

G03AA06 Norgestrel

Norgestrel

Norgestrel is a progestin used in hormonal contraceptives. Norgestrel is a mixture of two stereoisomers, dextro-norgestrel and levo-norgestrel . Only levonorgestrel is biologically active...

 and estrogen

G03AA07 Levonorgestrel

Levonorgestrel

Levonorgestrel is a second generation synthetic progestogen used as an active ingredient in some hormonal contraceptives.-Chemistry:...

 and estrogen

G03AA08 Medroxyprogesterone

Medroxyprogesterone

Medroxyprogesterone is a pregnane that acts as a progestin. An acylated derivative, medroxyprogesterone 17-acetate is clinically used as a drug. Compared to MPA, MP is approximately 100 fold less potent as a progestin...

 and estrogen

G03AA09 Desogestrel

Desogestrel

Desogestrel is a molecule used in hormonal contraceptives.-Benefits:Third-generation oral contraceptives are suitable for use in patients with diabetes or lipid disorders because they have minimal impact on blood glucose levels and the lipid profile...

 and estrogen

G03AA10 Gestodene

Gestodene

Gestodene is a progestogen hormonal contraceptive. Products containing gestodene include:*Melodene-15, Mirelle, and Minesse which contain 15 mcg of ethinylestradiol and 60 mcg of gestodene;...

 and estrogen

G03AA11 Norgestimate

Norgestimate

Norgestimate is a molecule used in hormonal contraceptives.Norgestimate is a form of progesterone, which is a female hormone important for the regulation of ovulation and menstruation. Norgestimate is used with estradiol , to treat the symptoms of menopause....

 and estrogen

G03AA12 Drospirenone

Drospirenone

Drospirenone is an anti-androgenic synthetic progestin that is typically used in birth control. There have been concerns raised regarding its safety and is thus not recommended as a first line agent.- Medical uses :...

 and estrogen

G03AA13 Norelgestromin

Norelgestromin

Norelgestromin is a molecule used in hormonal contraceptives. This form of progestin is used in the contraceptive patch, Ortho Evra....

 and estrogen

G03AA14 Nomegestrol

Nomegestrol

Nomegestrol is a progestogen....

 and estrogen

G03AA15 Chlormadinone

Chlormadinone

Chlormadinone is a progestagen.-Synthesis:Bruckner, K.; Hampel, B.; Johnson, V.; Chem. Ber. 1961, 94, 1225.http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cber.19610940510...

 and estrogen

G03AB Progestogens and estrogens, sequential preparations

G03AB01 Megestrol and estrogen

G03AB02 Lynestrenol and estrogen

G03AB03 Levonorgestrel and estrogen

G03AB04 Norethisterone and estrogen

G03AB05 Desogestrel and estrogen

G03AB06 Gestodene and estrogen

G03AB07 Chlormadinone and estrogen

G03AB08 Dienogest

Dienogest

Dienogest is an orally active synthetic progesterone . It is available for use as an oral contraceptive in combination with ethinylestradiol. It has antiandrogenic activity and as a result can improve androgenic symptoms. It is a non-ethinylated progestin which is structurally related to testosterone...

 and estrogen

G03AC Progestogens

G03AC01 Norethisterone

Norethisterone

Norethisterone is a molecule used in some combined oral contraceptive pills, progestogen only pills and is also available as a stand-alone drug...

G03AC02 Lynestrenol

Lynestrenol

Lynestrenol is a progestagen hormone. It is a synthetic orally-available progestagen associated with numerous effects of the natural progesterone hormone...

G03AC03 Levonorgestrel

Levonorgestrel

Levonorgestrel is a second generation synthetic progestogen used as an active ingredient in some hormonal contraceptives.-Chemistry:...

G03AC04 Quingestanol

Quingestanol

Quingestanol is a progestogen....

G03AC05 Megestrol

Megestrol

Megestrol is a progesterone derivative with antineoplastic properties used in the treatment of advanced carcinoma of the breast and endometrium. When given in relatively high doses, Megestrol can substantially increase appetite in most individuals, even those with advanced cancer...

G03AC06 Medroxyprogesterone

Medroxyprogesterone

Medroxyprogesterone is a pregnane that acts as a progestin. An acylated derivative, medroxyprogesterone 17-acetate is clinically used as a drug. Compared to MPA, MP is approximately 100 fold less potent as a progestin...

G03AC07 Norgestrienone

Norgestrienone

Norgestrienone is a progestogen hormone....

G03AC08 Etonogestrel

Etonogestrel

Etonogestrel is a progestin used in hormonal contraceptives, most notably the subdermal implant Implanon and the contraceptive vaginal ring NuvaRing....

G03AC09 Desogestrel

Desogestrel

Desogestrel is a molecule used in hormonal contraceptives.-Benefits:Third-generation oral contraceptives are suitable for use in patients with diabetes or lipid disorders because they have minimal impact on blood glucose levels and the lipid profile...

G03AD Emergency contraceptives

G03AD01 Levonorgestrel

Levonorgestrel

Levonorgestrel is a second generation synthetic progestogen used as an active ingredient in some hormonal contraceptives.-Chemistry:...

G03AD02 Ulipristal

G03BA 3-oxoandrosten-(4) derivatives

G03BA01 Fluoxymesterone

Fluoxymesterone

Fluoxymesterone is an anabolic steroid with strong androgenic properties that has been used in the treatment of male hypogonadism, delayed puberty in males, and in the treatment of breast neoplasms in women. It is approximately 5 times as potent as methyltestosterone...

G03BA02 Methyltestosterone

Methyltestosterone

Methyltestosterone is a 17-alpha-alkylated anabolic steroid used to treat men with a testosterone deficiency. It is also used in women to treat breast cancer, breast pain, swelling due to pregnancy, and with the addition of estrogen it can treat symptoms of menopause...

G03BA03 Testosterone

Testosterone

Testosterone is a steroid hormone from the androgen group and is found in mammals, reptiles, birds, and other vertebrates. In mammals, testosterone is primarily secreted in the testes of males and the ovaries of females, although small amounts are also secreted by the adrenal glands...

G03BB 5-androstanon-(3) derivatives

G03BB01 Mesterolone

Mesterolone

Mesterolone is an orally applicable androgen, and DHT derivative. It is sold under the brand name Proviron, by Schering. In the late 70's and early 80's it was used with some success in controlled studies of men suffering from various forms of depression....

G03BB02 Androstanolone

G03CA Natural and semisynthetic estrogens, plain

G03CA01 Ethinylestradiol

Ethinylestradiol

Ethynylestradiol , also ethynyl estradiol , is a derivative of estradiol. Ethynyl estradiol is an orally bio-active estrogen used in almost all modern formulations of combined oral contraceptive pills...

G03CA03 Estradiol

Estradiol

Estradiol is a sex hormone. Estradiol is abbreviated E2 as it has 2 hydroxyl groups in its molecular structure. Estrone has 1 and estriol has 3 . Estradiol is about 10 times as potent as estrone and about 80 times as potent as estriol in its estrogenic effect...

G03CA04 Estriol

Estriol

Estriol is one of the three main estrogens produced by the human body.-Synthesis:Estriol is only produced in significant amounts during pregnancy as it is made by the placenta from 16-Hydroxydehydroepiandrosterone sulfate , an androgen steroid made in the fetal liver and adrenal glands.The human...

G03CA06 Chlorotrianisene

Chlorotrianisene

Chlorotrianisene is a non-steroidal synthetic estrogen....

G03CA07 Estrone

Estrone

Estrone is an estrogenic hormone secreted by the ovary as well as adipose tissue.Estrone is one of several natural estrogens, which also include estriol and estradiol...

G03CA09 Promestriene

Promestriene

Promestriene is an estrogen....

G03CA53 Estradiol, combinations

G03CA57 Conjugated estrogens

G03CB Synthetic estrogens, plain

G03CB01 Dienestrol

Dienestrol

Dienestrol is a synthetic estrogen.-References:* Dodds, E. C.; Goldberg, L.; Lawson, W.; Robinson, R.; Proc. Roy. Soc. 1939,B127, 148....

G03CB02 Diethylstilbestrol

Diethylstilbestrol

Diethylstilbestrol is a synthetic nonsteroidal estrogen that was first synthesized in 1938. Human exposure to DES occurred through diverse sources, such as dietary ingestion from supplemented cattle feed and medical treatment for certain conditions, including breast and prostate cancers...

G03CB03 Methallenestril

Methallenestril

Methallenestril is an estrogen....

G03CB04 Moxestrol

Moxestrol

Moxestrol is an estrogen....

G03CC Estrogens, combinations with other drugs

G03CC02 Dienestrol

Dienestrol

Dienestrol is a synthetic estrogen.-References:* Dodds, E. C.; Goldberg, L.; Lawson, W.; Robinson, R.; Proc. Roy. Soc. 1939,B127, 148....

G03CC03 Methallenestril

Methallenestril

Methallenestril is an estrogen....

G03CC04 Estrone

Estrone

Estrone is an estrogenic hormone secreted by the ovary as well as adipose tissue.Estrone is one of several natural estrogens, which also include estriol and estradiol...

G03CC05 Diethylstilbestrol

Diethylstilbestrol

Diethylstilbestrol is a synthetic nonsteroidal estrogen that was first synthesized in 1938. Human exposure to DES occurred through diverse sources, such as dietary ingestion from supplemented cattle feed and medical treatment for certain conditions, including breast and prostate cancers...

G03CC06 Estriol

Estriol

Estriol is one of the three main estrogens produced by the human body.-Synthesis:Estriol is only produced in significant amounts during pregnancy as it is made by the placenta from 16-Hydroxydehydroepiandrosterone sulfate , an androgen steroid made in the fetal liver and adrenal glands.The human...

G03DA Pregnen-(4) derivatives

G03DA01 Gestonorone

Gestonorone

Gestonorone is a progestagen hormone....

G03DA02 Medroxyprogesterone

G03DA03 Hydroxyprogesterone

G03DA04 Progesterone

QG03DA90 Proligeston

G03DB Pregnadien derivatives

G03DB01 Dydrogesterone

Dydrogesterone

Dydrogesterone is a progestogen hormone. The brand name is Duphaston and manufactured by Abbott .Dydrogesterone was first introduced to the market in 1961, and is currently approved in over 100 countries worldwide...

G03DB02 Megestrol

G03DB03 Medrogestone

Medrogestone

Medrogestone is a progestin, a synthetic drug with similar effects as progesterone, a hormone involved in the menstrual cycle and pregnancy...

G03DB04 Nomegestrol

Nomegestrol

Nomegestrol is a progestogen....

G03DB05 Demegestone

Demegestone

Demegestone is a progestogen....

G03DB06 Chlormadinone

G03DB07 Promegestone

Promegestone

Promegestone is a norsteroid....

G03DC Estren derivatives

G03DC01 Allylestrenol

Allylestrenol

Allylestrenol , also known as allyloestrenol and allyl estrenol, is a synthetic progestogen used to prevent threatened miscarriage, recurrent pregnancy loss and premature labor...

G03DC02 Norethisterone

Norethisterone

Norethisterone is a molecule used in some combined oral contraceptive pills, progestogen only pills and is also available as a stand-alone drug...

G03DC03 Lynestrenol

Lynestrenol

Lynestrenol is a progestagen hormone. It is a synthetic orally-available progestagen associated with numerous effects of the natural progesterone hormone...

G03DC04 Ethisterone

Ethisterone

Ethisterone is a progestogen hormone.The first orally active progestin, ethisterone , the 17α-ethynyl analog of testosterone, was synthesized in 1938 by Hans Herloff Inhoffen, Willy Logemann, Walter Hohlweg, and Arthur Serini at Schering AG in Berlin and marketed in Germany in 1939 as Proluton C...

G03DC05 Tibolone

Tibolone

Tibolone is a synthetic steroid hormone drug, which is fairly non-selective in its binding profile, acting as an agonist at all five of the Type I steroid hormone receptors. It is used mainly for treatment of endometriosis, as well as hormone replacement therapy in post-menopausal women...

G03DC06 Etynodiol

G03DC31 Methylestrenolone

Methylestrenolone

Methylestrenolone is an anabolic steroid....

G03EA Androgens and estrogens

G03EA01 Methyltestosterone and estrogen

G03EA02 Testosterone and estrogen

G03EA03 Prasterone and estrogen

G03EK Androgens and female sex hormones in combination with other drugs

G03EK01 Methyltestosterone

G03FA Progestogens and estrogens, fixed combinations

G03FA01 Norethisterone and estrogen

G03FA02 Hydroxyprogesterone and estrogen

G03FA03 Ethisterone and estrogen

G03FA04 Progesterone and estrogen

G03FA05 Methylnortestosterone and estrogen

G03FA06 Etynodiol and estrogen

G03FA07 Lynestrenol and estrogen

G03FA08 Megestrol and estrogen

G03FA09 Noretynodrel and estrogen

G03FA10 Norgestrel and estrogen

G03FA11 Levonorgestrel and estrogen

G03FA12 Medroxyprogesterone and estrogen

G03FA13 Norgestimate and estrogen

G03FA14 Dydrogesterone and estrogen

G03FA15 Dienogest

Dienogest

Dienogest is an orally active synthetic progesterone . It is available for use as an oral contraceptive in combination with ethinylestradiol. It has antiandrogenic activity and as a result can improve androgenic symptoms. It is a non-ethinylated progestin which is structurally related to testosterone...

 and estrogen

G03FA16 Trimegestone

Trimegestone

Trimegestone is a progestogen.It has been described as fourth generation....

 and estrogen

G03FA17 Drospirenone and estrogen

G03FB Progestogens and estrogens, sequential preparations

G03FB01 Norgestrel and estrogen

G03FB02 Lynestrenol and estrogen

G03FB03 Chlormadinone and estrogen

G03FB04 Megestrol and estrogen

G03FB05 Norethisterone and estrogen

G03FB06 Medroxyprogesterone and estrogen

G03FB07 Medrogestone and estrogen

G03FB08 Dydrogesterone and estrogen

G03FB09 Levonorgestrel and estrogen

G03FB10 Desogestrel and estrogen

G03FB11 Trimegestone and estrogen

G03GA Gonadotropins

G03GA01 Human chorionic gonadotropin

Human chorionic gonadotropin

Human chorionic gonadotropin or human chorionic gonadotrophin is a glycoprotein hormone produced during pregnancy that is made by the developing embryo after conception and later by the syncytiotrophoblast .. Some tumors make this hormone; measured elevated levels when the patient is not...

G03GA02 Human menopausal gonadotropin

G03GA03 Serum gonadotropin

Gonadotropin

Gonadotropins are protein hormones secreted by gonadotrope cells of the pituitary gland of vertebrates. This is a family of proteins, which include the mammalian hormones follitropin , lutropin , placental chorionic gonadotropins hCG and eCG and chorionic gonadotropin , as well as at least two...

G03GA04 Urofollitropin

Urofollitropin

Urofollitropin is a purified form of follicle-stimulating hormone that is manufactured by extraction from human urine and then purified to remove various proteins and other substances. FSH is important in the development of follicles produced by the ovaries...

G03GA05 Follitropin alfa

G03GA06 Follitropin beta

G03GA07 Lutropin alfa

G03GA08 Choriogonadotropin alfa

G03GA09 Corifollitropin alfa

G03GA30 Combinations

QG03GA90 Follicle stimulating hormone-pituitary

QG03GA99 Gonadotropins, combinations

G03GB Ovulation

Ovulation

Ovulation is the process in a female's menstrual cycle by which a mature ovarian follicle ruptures and discharges an ovum . Ovulation also occurs in the estrous cycle of other female mammals, which differs in many fundamental ways from the menstrual cycle...

 stimulants, synthetic

G03GB01 Cyclofenil

Cyclofenil

Cyclofenil is a selective estrogen receptor modulator.It was investigated as a possible treatment for scleroderma in the 1980s, but was found to be ineffective. Later study of its efficacy in treating Raynaud's phenomenon in people with scleroderma also found no statistically significant benefit....

G03GB02 Clomifene

Clomifene

Clomifene or clomiphene or Clomid or Clomifert is a selective estrogen receptor modulator that increases production of gonadotropins by inhibiting negative feedback on the hypothalamus...

G03GB03 Epimestrol

Epimestrol

Epimestrol is an ovulation stimulant....

G03XA Antigonadotropins and similar agents

G03XA01 Danazol

Danazol

Danazol is a derivative of the synthetic steroid ethisterone, a modified testosterone. Also known as 17alpha-ethinyl testosterone. Before becoming available as a generic drug, Danazol was marketed as Danocrine in the United States. It was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the...

G03XA02 Gestrinone

Gestrinone

Gestrinone is a synthetic steroid hormone that acts as an anti-progestin and also has some androgenic activity. It is marketed under the names Dimetriose, Dimetrose, and Nemestran, as a treatment for endometriosis. Gestrinone is available in many countries, but not in the USA...

QG03XA90 Anti-Pmsg

Equine chorionic gonadotropin

Equine chorionic gonadotropin is a gonadotropic hormone produced in the chorion of pregnant mares. Most commonly called pregnant mare's serum gonadotropin in the past, the hormone is commonly used in concert with progestogen to induce ovulation in livestock prior to artificial...

QG03XA91 Gonadotropin releasing factor

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone , also known as Luteinizing-hormone-releasing hormone and luliberin, is a tropic peptide hormone responsible for the release of follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone from the anterior pituitary. GnRH is synthesized and released from neurons within...

 analogue, conjugated

G03XC Selective estrogen receptor modulators

G03XC01 Raloxifene

Raloxifene

Raloxifene is an oral selective estrogen receptor modulator that has estrogenic actions on bone and anti-estrogenic actions on the uterus and breast...

G03XC02 Bazedoxifene

Bazedoxifene

Bazedoxifene is a third generation selective estrogen receptor modulator , under development by Pfizer following the completion of their takeover of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. Pfizer are seeking approval for bazedoxifene in the prevention and treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis...

G03XC03 Lasofoxifene

Lasofoxifene

Lasofoxifene is a non-steroidal selective estrogen receptor modulator which is under development by Pfizer for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis and for the treatment of vaginal atrophy, and the result of an exclusive research collaboration with Ligand Pharmaceuticals .In September...