Chlormethenmadinone acetate (CMMA), also known as chlorsuperlutin, is a

progestin A progestogen, also referred to as a progestagen, gestagen, or gestogen, is a type of medication which produces effects similar to those of the natural female sex hormone progesterone in the body. A progestin is a '' synthetic'' progestogen. ...

medication which was developed in

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in the 1960s. It has been used in combination with

mestranol Mestranol, sold under the brand names Enovid, Norinyl, and Ortho-Novum among others, is an estrogen medication which has been used in birth control pills, menopausal hormone therapy, and the treatment of menstrual disorders. It is formulated in ...

birth control pill The combined oral contraceptive pill (COCP), often referred to as the birth control pill or colloquially as "the pill", is a type of birth control that is designed to be taken orally by women. It is the oral form of combined hormonal contra ...

s under the brand names Biogest, Sterolibrin, and Antigest B, and in

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under the brand name Agelin. Analogues of CMMA include bromethenmadinone acetate (bromsuperlutin), which was assessed but was never marketed, and

melengestrol acetate Melengestrol acetate (MLGA), sold under the brand names Heifermax and MGA among others, is a progestin medication which is used in animal reproduction. It is not approved for use in humans, and is instead used as an implantable contraceptive for ...

(methylsuperlutin), which is used in veterinary medicine.

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