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Cyproterone acetate (CPA), sold alone under the brand name Androcur or with ethinylestradiol under the brand names Diane or Diane-35 among others, is an antiandrogen and progestin medication used in the treatment of androgen-dependent conditions such as acne, excessive body hair growth, early puberty, and prostate cancer, as a component of feminizing hormone therapy for transgender individuals ...
Testosterone levels with 300 mg/week cyproterone acetate or 100 mg/month estradiol undecylate both by intramuscular injection in men. [139] Solid lines are average and dashed lines highest and lowest levels. Levels of testosterone decreased by 75% with cyproterone acetate and by 91% with estradiol undecylate. [139]
The side effects of cyproterone acetate (CPA), a steroidal antiandrogen and progestin, including its frequent and rare side effects, have been studied and characterized.It is generally well-tolerated and has a mild side-effect profile, regardless of dosage, when it used as a progestin or antiandrogen in combination with an estrogen such as ethinylestradiol or estradiol valerate in women.
Co-cyprindiol, a shortened form of combination of cyproterone acetate and ethinylestradiol, is a generic name of EE/CPA. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] [ 27 ] It is also known by its former developmental code names SHB 209 AB (Diane) [ 28 ] [ 21 ] [ 29 ] and SHB 209 AE (Diane-35).
Cyproterone, also known by its developmental code name SH-80881, is a steroidal antiandrogen which was studied in the 1960s and 1970s but was never introduced for medical use. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is a precursor of cyproterone acetate (CPA), an antiandrogen, progestin , and antigonadotropin which was introduced instead of cyproterone and is ...
2000 μg cyproterone acetate: only approved for severe acne or severe hirsutism in the UK (AU, RU: Diane-35, UK: Dianette, Bayer) 50 μg mestranol (equivalent to 35 μg ethinylestradiol) 1000 μg norethisterone (UK: Norinyl-1, Pfizer; US: Ortho-Novum 1/50; Ortho-McNeil; Norinyl 1/50, Watson; Necon 1/50, Watson) 50 μg ethinylestradiol
Testosterone, the major endogenous androgen and the target mediator of antiandrogens.. This is a list of antiandrogens, [1] or drugs that prevent the effects of androgens like testosterone and dihydrotestosterone (DHT). [2]
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of all of the data in the mid-to-late 2010s found that birth control pills containing cyproterone acetate, desogestrel, drospirenone, or gestodene overall were associated with a risk of VTE of about 1.3- to 2.0-fold compared to that of levonorgestrel-containing birth control pills. [58] [59] [53]