| Increased concentration levels of cortisol have been associated with significant increases in gonadotrophin levels and lowered progestin levels. |
| Women in both groups will also wear a patch that delivers estrogen and take tablets containing the hormone progestin. |
| Headache is the symptom most commonly reported either with estrogen plus progestin treatment or with mifepristone alone. |
| The most common form of hormone therapy, oestrogen plus a progestin, has been shown to increase the risk of breast cancer. |
| A combination of an androgen and a progestin seems promising, as do selective androgen receptor modulators. |
| It contains a combination of estrogen and etonogestrel, a form of progestin that's different from what's in the most common low-dose combined birth control pills. |
