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Menotropin (also called human menopausal gonadotropin or hMG) is a hormonally active medication for the treatment of fertility disturbances. Frequently the plural is used as the medication is a mixture of gonadotropins. Menotropins are extracted from the urine of postmenopausal women. [1]
Gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT), also called hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or transgender hormone therapy, is a form of hormone therapy in which sex hormones and other hormonal medications are administered to transgender or gender nonconforming individuals for the purpose of more closely aligning their secondary sexual characteristics with their gender identity.
Triptorelin is used to treat prostate cancer as part of androgen deprivation therapy. [9]Another common use in the United Kingdom is for hormone replacement therapy to suppress testosterone or estrogen levels in transgender people (in conjunction with estradiol valerate for trans women or testosterone for trans men).
In men: Used to treat select cases of Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism in adult males. [25] In off-label use, some urologists prescribe hCG in low doses in combination with testosterone replacement to preserve fertility. [26] In male children: Also used to treat prepubertal cryptorchidism not due to anatomical obstruction.
The study found that transgender men have a >4-fold and 2-fold increased odds of having a myocardial infarction when compared with cisgender women and cisgender men, respectively. [7] Though it is not always the case, [ 2 ] [ 8 ] testosterone for transmasculine people is often intended to be used long-term.
Ganirelix is used in fertility treatment to prevent premature ovulation that could result in the harvesting of eggs that are too immature to be used in procedures such as in vitro fertilization. [4] GnRH agonists are also sometimes used in reproductive therapy, as well as to treat disorders involving sex-steroid hormones, such as endometriosis. [5]
For cases related to genetic hair loss, two commonly prescribed and FDA-approved treatments are minoxidil (a topical solution) and finasteride (an oral medication for men). These treatments have ...
Relugolix, sold under the brand names Orgovyx and Relumina among others, is a gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist (GnRH receptor antagonist) medication which is used in the treatment of prostate cancer in men and uterine fibroids in women.