Eficacia de la flutamida en el tratamiento del hirsutismo: Contribución del uso combinado con anticonceptivos orales en mujeres normoandrogénicas

Background: Flutamide is an antiandrogen devoid of other hormonal effects, except for a decrease in the secretion of adrenal androgens such as dehydroepidandrosterone sulphate (DHEA-s) and androstenedione. Aim: To assess the effectiveness of flutamide in the treatment of hirsutism, used as monothera...

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Autores principales:	Devoto C,Enzo, Aravena C,Lucía
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2004
Materias:	Androgen antagonists Contraceptives, oral, combined Flutamide Hirsutism Polycystic ovary syndrome
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720040007000092004-12-13Eficacia de la flutamida en el tratamiento del hirsutismo: Contribución del uso combinado con anticonceptivos orales en mujeres normoandrogénicasDevoto C,EnzoAravena C,Lucía Androgen antagonists Contraceptives, oral, combined Flutamide Hirsutism Polycystic ovary syndrome Background: Flutamide is an antiandrogen devoid of other hormonal effects, except for a decrease in the secretion of adrenal androgens such as dehydroepidandrosterone sulphate (DHEA-s) and androstenedione. Aim: To assess the effectiveness of flutamide in the treatment of hirsutism, used as monotherapy or combined with oral contraceptives (OC). Patients and methods: Women with peripheral hirsutism (defined as the presence of normal serum androgen levels and normal ovulatory menstrual cycles) were assigned to receive flutamide alone (500 mg/day) or flutamide plus an OC (ethynylestradiol 0.03 mg and desogestrel 150 µg). Hirsute with hyperandrogenism (polycystic ovary syndrome) were assigned to receive flutamide plus an OC. The degree of hirsutism was assessed using a clinical score (Moncada) at three, six and twelve months of therapy. Results: Twenty five women with peripheral hirsutism received flutamide alone and 18 receive flutamide plus the contraceptive. Eighteen women with polycystic ovary syndrome were studied. At three months, the reduction in hirsutism was 11.2, 15.9 and 24.7% in women with peripheral hirsutism receiving flutamide alone or flutamide plus OC and in hyperandrogenic women receiving flutamide plus OC, respectively. At twelve months, the figures were 57.2, 57.3 and 52.5% respectively. In hyperandrogenic women, at baseline and three months, serum testosterone levels were 0.96 and 0.42 ng/ml and serum DHEA-s levels were 2,980 and 1,490 ng/ml respectively. No collateral effects of treatment or elevations in serum transaminase levels were observed. Conclusions: Flutamide is effective in the treatment of hirsutism in women with normal or elevated androgen levels. Adding OC did not improve the efficacy of the drug (Rev Méd Chile 2004; 132: 845-52)info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.132 n.7 20042004-07-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872004000700009es10.4067/S0034-98872004000700009
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language	Spanish / Castilian
topic	Androgen antagonists Contraceptives, oral, combined Flutamide Hirsutism Polycystic ovary syndrome
spellingShingle	Androgen antagonists Contraceptives, oral, combined Flutamide Hirsutism Polycystic ovary syndrome Devoto C,Enzo Aravena C,Lucía Eficacia de la flutamida en el tratamiento del hirsutismo: Contribución del uso combinado con anticonceptivos orales en mujeres normoandrogénicas
description	Background: Flutamide is an antiandrogen devoid of other hormonal effects, except for a decrease in the secretion of adrenal androgens such as dehydroepidandrosterone sulphate (DHEA-s) and androstenedione. Aim: To assess the effectiveness of flutamide in the treatment of hirsutism, used as monotherapy or combined with oral contraceptives (OC). Patients and methods: Women with peripheral hirsutism (defined as the presence of normal serum androgen levels and normal ovulatory menstrual cycles) were assigned to receive flutamide alone (500 mg/day) or flutamide plus an OC (ethynylestradiol 0.03 mg and desogestrel 150 µg). Hirsute with hyperandrogenism (polycystic ovary syndrome) were assigned to receive flutamide plus an OC. The degree of hirsutism was assessed using a clinical score (Moncada) at three, six and twelve months of therapy. Results: Twenty five women with peripheral hirsutism received flutamide alone and 18 receive flutamide plus the contraceptive. Eighteen women with polycystic ovary syndrome were studied. At three months, the reduction in hirsutism was 11.2, 15.9 and 24.7% in women with peripheral hirsutism receiving flutamide alone or flutamide plus OC and in hyperandrogenic women receiving flutamide plus OC, respectively. At twelve months, the figures were 57.2, 57.3 and 52.5% respectively. In hyperandrogenic women, at baseline and three months, serum testosterone levels were 0.96 and 0.42 ng/ml and serum DHEA-s levels were 2,980 and 1,490 ng/ml respectively. No collateral effects of treatment or elevations in serum transaminase levels were observed. Conclusions: Flutamide is effective in the treatment of hirsutism in women with normal or elevated androgen levels. Adding OC did not improve the efficacy of the drug (Rev Méd Chile 2004; 132: 845-52)
author	Devoto C,Enzo Aravena C,Lucía
author_facet	Devoto C,Enzo Aravena C,Lucía
author_sort	Devoto C,Enzo
title	Eficacia de la flutamida en el tratamiento del hirsutismo: Contribución del uso combinado con anticonceptivos orales en mujeres normoandrogénicas
title_short	Eficacia de la flutamida en el tratamiento del hirsutismo: Contribución del uso combinado con anticonceptivos orales en mujeres normoandrogénicas
title_full	Eficacia de la flutamida en el tratamiento del hirsutismo: Contribución del uso combinado con anticonceptivos orales en mujeres normoandrogénicas
title_fullStr	Eficacia de la flutamida en el tratamiento del hirsutismo: Contribución del uso combinado con anticonceptivos orales en mujeres normoandrogénicas
title_full_unstemmed	Eficacia de la flutamida en el tratamiento del hirsutismo: Contribución del uso combinado con anticonceptivos orales en mujeres normoandrogénicas
title_sort	eficacia de la flutamida en el tratamiento del hirsutismo: contribución del uso combinado con anticonceptivos orales en mujeres normoandrogénicas
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2004
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Eficacia de la flutamida en el tratamiento del hirsutismo: Contribución del uso combinado con anticonceptivos orales en mujeres normoandrogénicas

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