Anti-Androgens

    January 2007 in “ Humana Press eBooks ”
    Kürşad Ünlühizarcı, Fahrettin Keleştimur
    TLDR Effective treatments for excessive body hair in women include drugs that block androgens, sometimes combined with oral contraceptives.
    Hirsutism in women, often caused by benign conditions like polycystic ovary syndrome or idiopathic hirsutism, required careful evaluation to exclude androgen-secreting tumors, especially if symptoms progressed rapidly with virilization. Treatment depended on the severity of hirsutism, associated conditions, and patient expectations, with effective options including peripheral androgen blockers such as cyproterone acetate, spironolactone, finasteride, or flutamide, either alone or combined with oral contraceptives.
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