.Pharmacolibrary.Drugs.ATC.G.G03AB06

Information

name:GestodeneAndEthinylestradiol
ATC code:G03AB06
route:oral
n-compartments2

Gestodene and ethinylestradiol are components of a combined oral contraceptive pill used for birth control in women. The combination is widely used and approved for the prevention of pregnancy.

Pharmacokinetics

Pharmacokinetic parameters for healthy adult women after a single oral administration of one tablet containing 0.075 mg gestodene and 0.03 mg ethinylestradiol.

References

  1. Kuhnz, W (1990). Pharmacokinetics of the contraceptive steroids levonorgestrel and gestodene after single and multiple oral administration to women. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 163(6 Pt 2) 2120–2127. DOI:10.1016/0002-9378(90)90551-h PUBMED:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2124087

  2. Bergink, W, et al., & Qvist, I (1990). Serum pharmacokinetics of orally administered desogestrel and binding of contraceptive progestogens to sex hormone-binding globulin. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 163(6 Pt 2) 2132–2137. DOI:10.1016/0002-9378(90)90553-j PUBMED:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2147817

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