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What is meant by the androgenic activity level of the progestin in birth control pills? what effects, positive or negative, can it have on patients?
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Most (if not all): progestins have some androgenic ("male-hormone like") effects, even though they are not androgens. Some have more, some less. Usual mild effects of androgens on women are either acne or hair growth (face, chest, back, etc...)
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