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Allopregnanolone

A natural neurosteroid the body makes from progesterone: it enhances GABA-A receptors, the brain's main 'braking' system. As a medicine, also known as brexanolone, it was approved in the US in 2019 as the first drug approved specifically for postpartum depression. This family brings together the active ingredient, metabolites, labelled standards and other impurities.

Did you know?It also has a role before birth: it contributes to the sedation of the fetus in the womb and is a step in the 'backdoor' pathway of androgen synthesis, important for the development of the male fetus.

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