Chlormadinone is a progestin which was never marketed. An acylated derivative,

chlormadinone acetate Chlormadinone acetate (CMA), sold under the brand names Belara, Gynorelle, Lutéran, and Prostal among others, is a progestin and antiandrogen medication which is used in birth control pills to prevent pregnancy, as a component of menopausal hor ...

, is used clinically as a

pharmaceutical A medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. Drug therapy (pharmacotherapy) is an important part of the medical field an ...

drug. It was patented in 1958 and approved for medical use in 1963. While ''chlormadinone'' is sometimes used as a synonym for ''chlormadinone acetate'', what is almost always being referred to is chlormadinone acetate and not chlormadinone.

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