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Table 3.

Comparison of the biological activities of progesterone and drospirenone with other progestogens (28)

Progestogens	Biological activities
	Progestogenic	Androgenic	Anti-androgenic	Anti-aldosterone	Glucocorticoid

Progesterone	+	-	±	+	-

Drospirenone	+	-	+	+	-

Cyproterone acetate	+	-	+	-	±

Dienogest	+	-	+	-	-

Levonorgestrel	+	±	-	-	-

Medroxyprogesterone acetate	+	±	-	-	±

Norethisterone	+	±	-	-	-

Trimegestone	+	-	±	±	-

Norgestimate	+	±	-	-	-

Clinically relevant activity (+); activity not clinically relevant (±); no activity (-)