Desogestrel is used as a female contraceptive. Desogestrel is a progestin or a synthetic form of the naturally occurring female sex hormone, progesterone. In a woman’s normal menstrual cycle, an egg matures and is released from the ovaries (ovulation). The ovary then produces progesterone, preventing the release of further eggs and priming the lining of the womb for a possible pregnancy. If pregnancy occurs, progesterone levels in the body remain high, maintaining the womb lining. If pregnancy does not occur, progesterone levels in the body fall, resulting in a menstrual period. Desogestrel tricks the body processes into thinking that ovulation has already occurred, by maintaining high levels of the synthetic progesterone. This prevents the release of eggs from the ovaries.
Desogestrel ຖືກນໍາໃຊ້ເປັນຢາຄຸມກໍາເນີດແມ່ຍິງ. Desogestrel ແມ່ນ progestin ຫຼືຮູບແບບສັງເຄາະຂອງຮໍໂມນເພດຍິງທີ່ເກີດຂຶ້ນຕາມທໍາມະຊາດ, progesterone. ໃນຮອບວຽນປະຈໍາເດືອນຂອງແມ່ຍິງ, ໄຂ່ຈະເຕີບໂຕແລະຖືກປ່ອຍອອກຈາກຮວຍໄຂ່ (ovulation). ovary ຫຼັງຈາກນັ້ນຜະລິດ progesterone, ການປ້ອງກັນການປ່ອຍໄຂ່ເພີ່ມເຕີມແລະ priming ເສັ້ນຂອງມົດລູກສໍາລັບການຖືພາທີ່ເປັນໄປໄດ້. ຖ້າມີການຖືພາ, ລະດັບ progesterone ໃນຮ່າງກາຍຍັງສູງ, ການຮັກສາເສັ້ນມົດລູກ. ຖ້າວ່າບໍ່ມີການຖືພາ, ລະດັບ progesterone ໃນຮ່າງກາຍຫຼຸດລົງ, ເຮັດໃຫ້ເວລາເປັນເວລາປະຈໍາເດືອນ. Desogestrel tricks ຂັ້ນຕອນຂອງຮ່າງກາຍໃນການຄິດວ່າ ovulation ໄດ້ເກີດຂຶ້ນແລ້ວ, ໂດຍການຮັກສາລະດັບສູງຂອງ progesterone ສັງເຄາະ. ນີ້ປ້ອງກັນການປ່ອຍໄຂ່ຈາກຮວຍໄຂ່.