title: [Pharmacology of progestins used in oral hormonal contraceptive preparations].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Review of the pharmacology of progestins used in combined oral contraceptives.
  
  
  METHODS
  Review article.
  
  
  METHODS
  Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, General Teaching Hospital, Charles University, Prague.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The author presents a review of pharmacology of progestins used in combined oral contraceptives. He compares important pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of different progestins. The paper includes comparison of the influence of progestins on lipids, carbohydrates, steroid transport capacity and coagulation. The different pharmacology of progestins is an important factor in the process of pill selection.
authors.affiliation: Gynek.-porod. klinika 1. LF UK a VFN, Praha.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cibula
mesh_terms: D003278:Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D045167:Progesterone Congeners / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D003278:Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal; D045167:Progesterone Congeners