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 ...

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 ...

Alain Weill, Pierre Nguyen, Moujahed Labidi, Benjamin Cadier, Thibault Passeri, Lise Duranteau, Anne-Laure Bernat, Isabelle Yoldjian, Sylvie Fontanel, Sébastien ...

Cyproterone products with daily doses of 10 mg or more should be restricted because of a risk of developing meningioma, says the safety committee of the European Medicines Agency. Products containing ...

Men with prostate cancer who reported having significant hot flushes during androgen suppression treatment had a better hormonal response with cyproterone and medroxyprogesterone compared with ...

The Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended that the use of cyproterone be restricted as a result of the potential risk of meningioma.

A 23-year-old healthy fitness instructor was prescribed Diane-35 (cyproterone acetate–ethinyl estradiol) for acne. Three weeks later, she suddenly lost the ability to speak. She arrived at the ...