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S 553: Physiological and Biofeedback Effects of Birth Control and HRT

Sam Miller Science

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The Differences Between Hormone Replacement Therapy and Birth Control

Oral birth control is designed to suppress the endogenous sex hormone axis by suppressing GNRH, which then suppresses LH and FSH. Progesstins are significantly more potent than natural progesterone and they also last in the body for a bit longer. The ethanol estradiol portion of birth control or synthetic estrogen portions of birth control is basically optional but when used, most commonly, as I mentioned, ethanol Estradiol.

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