Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Low-Dose Flutamide Alone and Combined with an Oral Contraceptive for the Treatment of Idiopathic Hirsutism

    November 1995 in “ Clinical endocrinology ”
    Sylvie Dodin, Nacia Faure, Isabelle Cédrin … André Lemay
    Studysummary This study found that a low dose of flutamide, both alone and combined with an oral contraceptive, effectively reduced hirsutism in women, with the combination showing more lasting effects post-treatment.
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    Research cited in this study 4

    1. Comparison of Flutamide and Spironolactone in the Treatment of Hirsutism: A Randomized Controlled Trial Fertility and Sterility · 1994
    2. Treatment of Hirsutism with the Pure Antiandrogen Flutamide Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 1990
    3. Side Effects of Spironolactone Therapy in the Hirsute Woman ˜The œJournal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism/Journal of clinical endocrinology & metabolism · 1988
    4. Female Hirsutism: Pathophysiological Considerations and Therapeutic Implications Endocrine reviews · 1984

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    1. Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Low-Dose Flutamide Alone and Combined with an Oral Contraceptive for the Treatment of Idiopathic Hirsutism Clinical endocrinology · 1995
    2. Comparison of Flutamide and Spironolactone in the Treatment of Hirsutism: A Randomized Controlled Trial Fertility and Sterility · 1994
    3. Treatment of Hirsutism with the Pure Antiandrogen Flutamide Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 1990