GYNECOMASTIA Allan R. Glass GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS HORMONAL CONTEXT OF GYNECOMASTIA Related posts: REGULATION OF THE GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR AND BINDING PROTEIN GONADOTROPE ADENOMAS OF THE PITUITARY PROLACTIN HYPERSECRETION DEFINITIONS THYROID-HORMONE…
ANTIANDROGENS Part of “CHAPTER 119 – CLINICAL USE AND ABUSE OF ANDROGENS AND ANTIANDROGENS“ Antiandrogens are drugs that antagonize the actions of androgens by binding to or interacting with androgen…
SIDE EFFECTS OF ANDROGENS Part of “CHAPTER 119 – CLINICAL USE AND ABUSE OF ANDROGENS AND ANTIANDROGENS“ Adverse effects of androgens may be caused by their androgenic actions or, if…
CONTRAINDICATIONS TO ANDROGEN USE Part of “CHAPTER 119 – CLINICAL USE AND ABUSE OF ANDROGENS AND ANTIANDROGENS“ Related posts: FUTURE PROSPECTS HEIGHT AND WEIGHT REGULATION OF THE GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR…
INAPPROPRIATE USES OF ANDROGENS Part of “CHAPTER 119 – CLINICAL USE AND ABUSE OF ANDROGENS AND ANTIANDROGENS“ IMPROVEMENT OF ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE Androgens are commonly used in high-dosage combinations by competitive…
POTENTIAL USES OF ANDROGENS Part of “CHAPTER 119 – CLINICAL USE AND ABUSE OF ANDROGENS AND ANTIANDROGENS“ REPLACEMENT THERAPY FOR POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN Circulating concentrations of androgens decline gradually with aging…
OTHER USES OF ANDROGENS Part of “CHAPTER 119 – CLINICAL USE AND ABUSE OF ANDROGENS AND ANTIANDROGENS“ ANEMIAS The effect of androgens in enhancing erythropoiesis is mediated primarily by the…
TREATMENT OF DELAYED PUBERTY Part of “CHAPTER 119 – CLINICAL USE AND ABUSE OF ANDROGENS AND ANTIANDROGENS“ In sexually immature, eunuchoidal patients, androgen therapy stimulates the development of normal male…
TREATMENT OF ADULT MALE HYPOGONADISM Part of “CHAPTER 119 – CLINICAL USE AND ABUSE OF ANDROGENS AND ANTIANDROGENS“ TESTOSTERONE FORMULATIONS The long-acting 17β-hydroxyl esters of testosterone, testosterone enanthate and testosterone…
ANDROGEN TREATMENT OF MALE HYPOGONADISM AND DELAYED PUBERTY Part of “CHAPTER 119 – CLINICAL USE AND ABUSE OF ANDROGENS AND ANTIANDROGENS“ The principal use of androgens is as replacement therapy…
