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Megesterol Acetate

Hormones & fertility agents

Description

Megestrol is a man-made version of the human hormone progesterone. It treats breast cancer and endometrial cancer by affecting female hormones involved in cancer growth. It increases weight gain by increasing appetite

Mechanism of action

Megestrol acetate can interfere with the hormone balance in the body so that the body makes smaller amounts of the hormones that some cancers depend on to grow.Megestrol is also believed to involve stimulation of appetite by both direct and indirect pathways and antagonism of the metabolic effects of the principal catabolic cytokines.

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Mechanism of action

Megestrol acetate can interfere with the hormone balance in the body so that the body makes smaller amounts of the hormones that some cancers depend on to grow.Megestrol is also believed to involve stimulation of appetite by both direct and indirect pathways and antagonism of the metabolic effects of the principal catabolic cytokines.

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