Which is the correct option among the following about antifertility drugs?
Contains Estrogen only
Contains a progesterone only
Contains both estrogen and progesterone derivatives
Progesterone enhances ovulation.
Antifertility drugs are used to control pregnancy. Birth control pills essentially contain a mixture of synthetic estrogen and progesterone derivatives. Both of these compounds are hormones. It is known that progesterone suppresses ovulation. Synthetic progesterone derivatives are more potent than progesterone.
So, Antifertility drugs are a mixture of estrogens and progesterone derivatives.
Option 3 is correct.