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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 ...
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).
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]
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 ...
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.
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
He is accused of murdering Kristine Melton, 35, and Diane Ruiz, 43, in October 2019. His trial has been five years in the making as Wilson’s first attorney died, and he once escaped from holding.
The combination of 30 μg/day EE and 150 μg/day desogestrel, a progestin with relatively weak androgenicity than levonorgestrel, increases SHBG levels by 200%, while the combination of 35 μg/day EE and 2 mg/day cyproterone acetate, a progestin with potent antiandrogenic activity, increases SHBG levels by 400%. [8]