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How do hormonal pills work as contraceptives? Or How do oral contraceptive pills act in a human female? Explain.

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Hormonal preparations come in the form of pills or tablets and are known as contraceptive pills.
These birth control pills are synthetic steroid hormones, usually consisting of either progestogens or progestogen– oestrogen combinations.
They inhibit ovulation and implantation as well as alter the quality of cervical mucus to retard the entry of sperms.

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