What is Androcur 50mg used for?
What is Androcur used for? Androcur is used to control sexual desire in men who have an increased sex drive (hypersexuality) and/or sexual deviation. For reduction of drive in sexual deviations, you should only take cyproterone acetate 50 mg, if your doctor considers that other interventions are inappropriate.
When is the best time to take Androcur?
When to take it Take your medicine after meals at about the same time each day. Taking it at the same time each day will have the best effect. It will also help you remember when to take it. Missed Androcur tablets may diminish the effectiveness of treatment and may lead to breakthrough bleeding in women.
What are the side effects of Androcur?
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you notice any of the following and they worry you:
- tiredness, fatigue.
- weight change.
- headache.
- depressive mood.
- nausea and other gastrointestinal complaints.
- decreased sexual drive.
- breast pain, change in breast size, breast swelling and/or tenderness.
- breast enlargement in men.
Is Androcur safe?
Common: Direct hepatic toxicity, including jaundice, hepatitis and hepatic failure has been observed in patients treated with Androcur. At dosages of 100 mg and above, cases with fatal outcome have also been reported. Most reported fatal cases were in men with advanced carcinoma of the prostate.
Is Androcur a steroid?
Androcur® 50mg is a steroidal anti-androgen. The active ingredient is cyproterone acetate. Androgens such as testosterone are natural male sex hormones which are also produced, to a slight extent, in females. In men, androgens may help cancer cells to grow in some types of prostate cancer.
Does cyproterone cause weight gain?
Cyproterone acetate is an anti-androgen drug. Adverse effects that have been reported with its use include weight gain, depression, fatigue, breast symptoms and sexual dysfunction.
How do you take Androcur 100 mg?
When to take it Take your medicine after meals at about the same time each day. Taking it at the same time each day will have the best effect. It will also help you remember when to take it. Missed Androcur-100 tablets may diminish the effectiveness of treatment.
