Metabolic and endocrine studies in women using norethindrone acetate implant

• Published in: Contraception (Stoneham) Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 135 - 144
• Main Authors: Shahani, S.M., Kulkarni, P.P., Bhate, P.A., Patel, K.L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.02.1979
• Subjects: Adult; Blood Chemical Analysis; Contraceptive Agents, Female - pharmacology; Drug Implants; Female; Humans; Liver - metabolism; Metabolism - drug effects; Norethindrone - pharmacology

Subcutaneously administered implant-D containing 40 mg of Norethindrone acetate in a single silastic implant was offered to 79 subjects who desired spacing of their family. The effect of constant release of steroid from this device on metabolic and endocrine functions was studied. Each subject in th...