hormone blocker
Suppresses chemical messengers
A hormone blocker is a medication that suppresses the body's production or effects of specific hormones.
In cancer treatment, hormone blockers starve tumors that depend on hormones to grow.
In transgender medicine, puberty blockers delay the development of secondary sex characteristics, giving adolescents time before deciding on further transition.
The doctor prescribed a hormone blocker to slow the cancer's progression.
- pubertySexual development stage
- testosteroneChief male sex hormone
- estrogenFemale reproductive hormone
- androgenMale sex hormone
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
transition · therapy · suppression · chemical castration · injection · prescription · endocrinologist · adolescence · breast · breast cancer · prostate · prostate cancer · cancer · menopause · hot flash · fertility · pituitary · growth
- hormone blockerstamoxifen, aromatase inhibitors, mifepristone
- blockersbarrier, spam filter, firewall, antivirus, stopper
- InhibitorsCOX inhibitor, ACE inhibitor, rust inhibitor, SSRI
hormone blockerhormone therapy
Treatment using body's messengers
hormone replacement · gonadotropin · anabolic steroid · growth hormone · fertility drug
hormone blockerhormone replacement therapy
Supplementing depleted bodily chemicals
HRT · estrogen replacement · hormone therapy · estrogen therapy · fertility treatment
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