Methyltestosterone (Methyltestosterone)
Overview of Methyltestosterone
Methyltestosterone is a hormone used to treat men with a testosterone deficiency. It is also used in women to treat breast cancer, breast pain, swelling due to pregnancy, and with the addition of estrogen it can treat symptoms of menopause.
Indication of Methyltestosterone
Methyltestosterone is primarily indicated in conditions like Hormone replacement therapy, Hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism, Primary hypogonadism, and can also be given in adjunctive therapy as an alternative drug of choice in Metastatic carcinoma of breast.
Contraindication of Methyltestosterone
Methyltestosterone is contraindicated in conditions like Breast cancer,Prostate cancer,Pregnancy.
Side Effects of Methyltestosterone
The severe or irreversible adverse effects of Methyltestosterone, which give rise to further complications include Nausea, Atrophy, Atrophy, GI upsets.,The symptomatic adverse reactions produced by Methyltestosterone are more or less tolerable and if they become severe, they can be treated symptomatically, these include Headache, Anxiety, Depression, Acne, Hirsutism, Gynecomastia, Virilization, Amenorrhea, Penile erection, Baldness, Oligospermia, Libido.
Precautions of Methyltestosterone
In patients with breast cancer, androgen therapy may cause hypercalcemia by stimulating osteolysis. In this case, the drug should be discontinued. Cholestatic hepatitis and jaundice occur with 17-alpha-alkylandrogens at a relatively low dose. If cholestatic hepatitis with jaundice appears or if liver function tests become abnormal, the androgen should be discontinued and the etiology should be determined. Drug-induced jaundice is reversible when the medication is discontinued. Geriatric patients treated with androgens may be at an increased risk for the development of prostatic hypertrophy and prostatic carcinoma. Edema with or without congestive heart failure may be a serious complication in patients with preexisting cardiac, renal, or hepatic disease. In addition to discontinuation of the drug, diuretic therapy may be required.