Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (Therapy)

Long-Term Finasteride or Flutamide Therapy Effective for Hirsutism

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 27th, 1997

Chronic finasteride or flutamide therapy combined with oral contraceptive use or gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists is effective against hirsutism in women with polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS.

Hirsutism, or excessive body hair, affects 60 to 90 percent of women with PCOS, a condition resulting from hormonal disturbances in women and which is characterized by anovulation, increased volume and thickening of the ovaries, increased androgen production and activity, and changes in gonadotropin secretion.

L. Falsetti and colleagues at the University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, investigated the effects of two drug therapies on hirsutism in PCOS...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (1997-10-27)

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