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Polyestradiol phosphate (PEP), sold under the brand name Estradurin, is an estrogen medication which is used primarily in the treatment of prostate cancer in men. [1] [9] [2] [10] It is also used in women to treat breast cancer, as a component of hormone therapy to treat low estrogen levels and menopausal symptoms, and as a component of feminizing hormone therapy for transgender women.
Men and women exhibit different symptoms for hypergonadism. A few of the symptoms that men can experience are increased sex drive, early balding, excessive muscle mass, and acne. Women can have symptoms such as, increased growth of facial hair, deepened voice, coarse body hair, and an irregular menstrual cycle. [5]
The snake is a constrictor, and adults eat mainly endotherms while young eat mainly ectotherms. The diet includes rodents, lizards, frogs, and birds and their eggs. [26] The snakes can also eat young chickens and chicks, hence the common name chicken snake. Rat snakes are most vulnerable to predators as juveniles.
The prevalence of gynecomastia in men may have increased in recent years, but the epidemiology of the disorder is not fully understood. [40] The use of anabolic steroids and exposure to chemicals that mimic estrogen in cosmetic products, organochlorine pesticides , and industrial chemicals have been suggested as possible factors driving this ...
Some lesser known uses are as a means of high-dose estrogen therapy in the treatment of breast cancer in both women and men and in the treatment of prostate cancer in men. [22] [23] It has been used at a dosage of 2.5 mg three times per day (7.5 mg/day total) for prostate cancer. [24] [25]
The coral snake has black and red rings, separated by smaller yellow rings; hence, the “red touches yellow” rhyme. An eastern coral snake is rare in Georgia, but are extremely venomous. NC ...
[85] [86] In healthy young men, norethisterone acetate alone at a dose of 5 to 10 mg/day orally for 2 weeks suppressed testosterone levels from ~527 ng/dL to ~231 ng/dL (–56%). [ 87 ] Hormone levels following a single intramuscular injection of estradiol valerate/norethisterone enanthate (5 mg/50 mg) (Mesigyna) in healthy young men. [ 88 ]
“It was kind of a surprise,” a sheriff’s deputy said of the Dec. 1 encounter. “I wasn’t expecting to see a large rat.”