Clogestone (
INN
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,
BAN), also known as chlormadinol or as 3β,17α-dihydroxy-6-chloropregna-4,6-diene-20-one,
is a
steroidal
progestin that was synthesized in 1964 and was investigated as a
progestin-only contraceptive but was never marketed.
A di
acetate ester
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,
clogestone acetate, also exists and similarly was never marketed.
See also
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Acetomepregenol
Acetomepregenol (ACM), also known as mepregenol diacetate and sold under the brand name Diamol, is a progestin medication which is used in Russia for the treatment of gynecological conditions and as a method of birth control in combination with ...
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Butagest
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Mecigestone
References
Organochlorides
Pregnanes
Progestogens
Abandoned drugs
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