It has both antiandrogenic and antimineralocorticoid activities. It is antiandrogenic by inhibiting ovarian androgen production like other progestins, and it also blocks androgen receptors in the ...

Expert Rev of Obstet Gynecol. 2008;3(2):189-201. New progestins associated in third-generation OCs were created to minimize androgenic side effects, such as hirsutism. They also induce less nausea ...