New details confirm an increased risk of developing intracranial meningiomas after prolonged use of the hormonal product cyproterone acetate. Cyproterone acetate is a synthetic progestogen and potent ...
Women taking the synthetic progestogen cyproterone acetate were at increased risk for brain tumors, a French study found. The analysis of data on over 250,000 girls and women who filled a prescription ...
Cyproterone products with daily doses of 10 mg or more should be restricted because of a risk of developing meningioma, says the safety committee of the European Medicines Agency. Products containing ...
Alain Weill, Pierre Nguyen, Moujahed Labidi, Benjamin Cadier, Thibault Passeri, Lise Duranteau, Anne-Laure Bernat, Isabelle Yoldjian, Sylvie Fontanel, Sébastien ...
Men with prostate cancer who reported having significant hot flushes during androgen suppression treatment had a better hormonal response with cyproterone and medroxyprogesterone compared with ...
High doses of a widely-used drug used in the hormonal treatment of conditions such as excessive hair growth, early puberty, prostate cancer are linked to an increased risk of meningioma — the most ...
The hormonal treatments cyproterone acetate and medroxyprogesterone acetate are the most effective at reducing hot flushes, a common side-effect in men being treated with hormone therapy for prostate ...
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A 23-year-old healthy fitness instructor was prescribed Diane-35 (cyproterone acetate–ethinyl estradiol) for acne. Three weeks later, she suddenly lost the ability to speak. She arrived at the ...