Depo-Provera – Medroxyprogesterone uses, dose and side effects
Depo-Provera contains medroxyprogesterone acetate. Medroxyprogesterone acetate is a synthetic hormone similar to the naturally occurring hormone et progesterone(corpus luteum hormone). Injection of medroxyprogesterone acetate prevents ovulation and thus you can not get pregnant. Pregnancy protection is enhanced by the fact that medroxyprogesterone acetate affects the uterine lining so that it is not susceptible to a fertilized egg and affects the mucus in the cervix so that it becomes impermeable to sperm.
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