antiandrogens
Hormone suppression drugs
Antiandrogens are drugs that block or reduce the effects of male sex hormones (androgens) like testosterone.
They're used to treat prostate cancer, severe acne, excessive body hair in women, and as part of hormone therapy for transgender women.
The doctor prescribed antiandrogens to slow the tumor's growth.
5-alpha reductase inhibitor
- hormone therapyTreatment using body's messengers
- pharmacologyStudy of drug actions
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
side effects · contraindications · oral medication · topical · systemic · endocrinology · mechanism · antagonist
Inflamed skin condition
- sebumNatural skin lubricant
- oil controlManaging skin's natural grease
- hormonal acneBreakouts from body chemistry
- cystic acneDeep inflammatory skin condition
dermatology · hirsutism · hair follicle · oily skin · breakouts · complexion · topical treatment · adult acne
Treatment using body's messengers
- feminizationAcquiring female characteristics
- transitionChange from one state
- estrogenFemale reproductive hormone
- gender dysphoriaDistress from body-identity mismatch
HRT · endocrinologist · informed consent · monitoring · blood work
Male urogenital gland malignancy
- metastasisCancer spreading beyond origin
- oncologyCancer medicine specialty
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
advanced cancer · survival rate · remission · treatment protocol
finasteride
5-alpha reductase inhibitor
- hormone therapyTreatment using body's messengers
- pharmacologyStudy of drug actions
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
dosage · side effects · contraindications · oral medication · topical · systemic · endocrinology · mechanism · antagonist · inhibitor
acne
Inflamed skin condition
- sebumNatural skin lubricant
- oil controlManaging skin's natural grease
- hormonal acneBreakouts from body chemistry
cystic acne · dermatology · hirsutism · hair follicle · oily skin · breakouts · complexion · topical treatment · adult acne
hormone therapy
Treatment using body's messengers
- feminizationAcquiring female characteristics
- transitionChange from one state
- estrogenFemale reproductive hormone
gender dysphoria · HRT · endocrinologist · informed consent · monitoring · blood work
prostate cancer
Male urogenital gland malignancy
- metastasisCancer spreading beyond origin
- oncologyCancer medicine specialty
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
radiation · advanced cancer · survival rate · remission · treatment protocol
- transitionhormone therapy, HRT, hormone replacement, estrogen, testosterone
- transition supplieshormones, estrogen, testosterone, binders, packers
- libido killersantiandrogen, saltpeter, bromide, bromides, potassium nitrate
- Reproductive Drugsgonadotropin, LH, hCG, progesterone, estrogen
- urologic cancerbladder cancer, prostate cancer, kidney cancer, renal cell carcinoma, bladder tumor
antiandrogensandrogens
Masculinizing steroid hormones
testosterone · testosterone boosters · anabolic steroids · DHT · DHEA
android, androgynous, philander, androgyny, misandry, androgen, polyandry, androgens