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drospirenone

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drospirenone /dros·pi·re·none/ (dros-pi´re-non) a spironolactone analogue that acts as a progestational agent; used in combination with an estrogen component as an oral contraceptive.


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Previously, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) banned the birth control pill for athletes based on the presence of the progestin drospirenone (drsp), which unlike the progestins used in other birth control pills, exhibits (antimineralocorticoid) properties.
 
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