CYPROTERONE ACETATE: A STUDY INVOLVING TWO VOLUNTEERS WITH IDIOPATHIC HIRSUTISM
- 1 January 1975
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical Endocrinology
- Vol. 4 (1), 65-73
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2265.1975.tb03305.x
Abstract
Two female volunteers, of menstrual age, with severe idiopathic hirsutism were treated for eight cycles and fifteen cycles respectively with cyproterone acetate 50 mg twice daily on days 5-14 of the cycle. In all but one cycle, ethinyl oestradiol in a dose of 50 mug daily from day 5 to 21 was given in addition. Cyproterone acetate when given alone abolished the mid-cycle LH surge. Combined therapy with cyproterone acetate and ethinyl oestradiol produced a significant improvement in both patients' hirsutism and was accompanied by a marked reduction in the urinary excretion of LH, FSH and androgens and by a fall in plasma testosterone. However, the clinical benefit derived from this drug was due principally to its action as a peripheral antiandrogen.Keywords
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