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=== Progesterone vs. Progestins === ''Progestins'' is a general term for substances or medications that produce some or all of the effects of progesterone.<ref name="WebMD">{{Cite web|url=https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-760/progesterone| title = PROGESTERONE: Overview, Uses, Side Effects, Precautions, Interactions, Dosing and Reviews | last = | first = | author-link =| date = |website=WebMD|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2021-12-24}}</ref> Progestins are used by pharmaceutical companies in medications and contraceptives. They are purposefully created to differ in structure from progesterone for patenting purposes (it is often not possible to patent a chemical as it exists in nature) and in order to create desired side-effects such as those that prevent pregnancy from occurring.<ref name="WebMD" /> Women that take progestins should be aware that these hormones do not perfectly mimic natural progesterone, because they can cause unwanted side-effects, ranging in severity from acne to increased risk of breast cancer.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Gebel Berg | first = Erika | date = 2015-03-25| title = The Chemistry of the Pill|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4827491/|journal=ACS Central Science|volume=1|issue=1 | pages = 5β7|doi=10.1021/acscentsci.5b00066|issn=2374-7943|pmc=4827491|pmid=27162937}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | last = Santen | first = Richard J | date = 2003-11-01| title = Risk of breast cancer with progestins: critical assessment of current data|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0039128X03001387|journal=Steroids|publisher=The 2nd International Symposium on Progestins, Progesterone Receptor Modulators and Progesterone Antagonists|volume=68|issue=10 | pages = 953β964|doi=10.1016/S0039-128X(03)00138-7|issn=0039-128X}}</ref>
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