Bicalutamide
Bicalutamide, sold under the brand name Casodex among others, is an antiandrogen medication that is primarily used to treat prostate cancer. It is typically used together with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogue or surgical removal of the testicles to treat metastatic prostate cancer (mPC). To a lesser extent, it is used at high doses for locally advanced prostate cancer (LAPC) as a monotherapy without castration. Bicalutamide was also previously used as monotherapy to treat localized prostate cancer (LPC), but authorization for this use was withdrawn following unfavorable trial findings. Besides prostate cancer, bicalutamide is limitedly used in the treatment of excessive hair growth and scalp hair loss in women, as a puberty blocker and component of feminizing hormone therapy for transgender girls and women, to treat gonadotropin-independent early puberty in boys, and to prevent overly long-lasting erections in men. It is taken by mouth.
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Research 10
- Efficacy and tolerability of oral bicalutamide in forty postmenopausal women with female pattern hair loss: a retrospective study
- Unexpected Hair Regrowth Following Oral Bicalutamide Exposure in a Male Patient With Androgenetic Alopecia and a Suboptimal Response to Conventional Therapies: A Case Report
- Efficacy and safety of bicalutamide in female hair loss: a review of the literature
- Bicalutamide: A potential new oral anti-androgenic drug for female pattern hair loss - A case series
- Mesotherapy with bicalutamide for female pattern hair loss
- Bioavailability File: Bicalutamide
- Spironolactone versus Bicalutamide for Female Pattern Hair Loss: A 24-Month Unicenter Retrospective Comparative Study of Effectiveness and Safety
- Combined Oral Contraception and Bicalutamide in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Severe Hirsutism: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial
- Response to “Improvement of female pattern hair loss with bicalutamide: a time-dependent process”
- Improvement of female pattern hair loss with bicalutamide: a time-dependent process
Community 10
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- Are there any men here who have taken bicalutamide without estradiol?
- Does anyone take bicalutamide for fphl? If so which dose
- Bicalutamide for hair loss
- Bicalutamide effect on androgens?
- Does anyone have any experience with Estradiol, Cyproterone Acetate, Spironolactone, Bicalutamide ?