New details confirm an increased risk of developing intracranial meningiomas after prolonged use of the hormonal product cyproterone acetate. Cyproterone acetate is a synthetic progestogen and potent ...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has begun a review of products containing the anti-androgen cyproterone, which is used in the treatment of hirsutism, alopecia, early puberty, amenorrhea, acne, and ...

Prolonged high dose use of the hormone drug cyproterone acetate is associated with an increased risk of developing a brain tumour, finds a study of over 250,000 women in France published by The BMJ ...

Women taking the synthetic progestogen cyproterone acetate were at increased risk for brain tumors, a French study found. The analysis of data on over 250,000 girls and women who filled a prescription ...

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The hormonal treatments cyproterone acetate and medroxyprogesterone acetate are the most effective at reducing hot flushes, a common side-effect in men being treated with hormone therapy for prostate ...

Prolonged use of certain progestogen hormone drugs is associated with an increased risk of developing a type of brain tumour known as an intracranial meningioma, finds a study from France published by ...