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    Glossary Antiandrogen Therapy

    reduces or blocks male hormones to treat certain conditions

    Antiandrogen Therapy, also known as androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), is a treatment that reduces the levels or blocks the effects of androgens (male hormones like testosterone) in the body. This therapy is commonly used to treat conditions like prostate cancer and androgenic alopecia (male pattern baldness) by slowing the growth of cancer cells or reducing hair loss, respectively.

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    1. Impact of anti-androgen therapies on COVID-19 susceptibility: a case-control study in male population from two COVID-19 regional centers of Lombardy (Italy) medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2020 · 4 citations
    2. Antiandrogens as Therapies for COVID-19: A Systematic Review Cancers · 2024 · 6 citations
    3. Topical Antiandrogen Therapies for Androgenetic Alopecia and Acne Vulgaris American Journal of Clinical Dermatology · 2019 · 7 citations
    4. Use of Antiandrogens as Therapeutic Agents in COVID-19 Patients Viruses · 2022 · 5 citations
    5. Use of Antiandrogens as Therapeutic Agents in COVID-19 Patients 2022
    6. Anti-androgen therapy for the treatment of female pattern hair loss: a clinical review of current and emerging therapies Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 2025
    7. Minimally Invasive Non-Surgical Therapies for Androgenetic Alopecia: A Narrative Review of Clinical Evidence for Regenerative and Locally Acting Antiandrogen Treatments Preprints.org · 2026
    8. Do Anti-androgens Have Potential as Therapeutics for COVID-19? Endocrinology · 2021 · 18 citations
    9. Androgen receptor: A promising therapeutic target in breast cancer Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences · 2019 · 21 citations
    10. Molecular Mechanisms Lead to Sex-Specific COVID-19 Prognosis and Targeted Therapies Frontiers in Medicine · 2020 · 10 citations
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    9. I Get Side-Effects from Anti-Androgens Reddit · 9 Sept 2020
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    1. Spironolactone Blood-pressure and diuretic drug with anti-androgen effects
    2. Neem Oil Oil from the neem tree, used in traditional remedies
    3. Fluridil Topical anti-androgen sold as a cosmetic lotion
    4. Bicalutamide Nonsteroidal anti-androgen, originally a prostate cancer drug
    5. Pyrilutamide Experimental topical anti-androgen, also known as KX-826
    6. RU58841 Experimental topical anti-androgen sold as a research chemical
    7. Cyproterone a synthetic anti-androgen and weak progestogen that inhibits DHT binding to androgen receptor
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