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Ruttonjee Hospital (health) and norgestrel (medicine)


Ruttonjee Hospital (health)


The Ruttonjee Hospital is a hospital in Hong Kong.









norgestrel (medicine)


norgestrel
<chemical> (+-)-13-ethyl-17-hydroxy-18,19-dinorpregn-4-en-20-yn-3-one. A progestational agent with actions similar to those of progesterone. This racaemic or (+-)-form has about half the potency of the levo form (levonorgestrel). Norgestrel is used as a contraceptive and ovulation inhibitor and for the control of menstrual disorders and endometriosis.

Pharmacological action: contraceptives, oral, synthetic, progestational hormones, synthetic.

Chemical name: 18,19-Dinorpregn-4-en-20-yn-3-one, 13-ethyl-17-hydroxy-, (17alpha)-(+-)-