Affiliations 1 University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
Bicalutamide as an Androgen Blocker With Secondary Effect of Promoting Feminization in Male-to-Female Transgender Adolescents
The most common side effects of bicalutamide monotherapy in men include breast tenderness, breast growth, feminization, demasculinization, and hot flashes
Hormone regimes for transgender men (female to men, FTM) 1
Antiandrogens are frequently used with estradiol in transgender women seeking feminization
Some transgender men who elect to
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Nicole Ault
USA Boxing, the governing body of the sport in the United States, is being slammed for its “pathetic and disgusting” new transgender policy that allows biological men to compete
We investigated the effectiveness of oral estradiol therapy in achieving this goal
“Gender identity” is the term used to describe a person’s sense of being male, female, neither, or some combination of both ()
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The recommended dose for bicalutamide therapy in combination with an LHRH analog is one 50 mg tablet once daily (morning or evening), with or without food
Bicalutamide is an anti-testosterone blocker that was developed as a medication to treat prostate cancer
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Bicalutamide and the other nonsteroidal antiandrogens (NSAAs), since their introduction, have largely replaced cyproterone acetate (CPA), an older drug and steroidal antiandrogen (SAA), in the treatment of prostate cancer
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Increase hormone that aligns with gender identity
Titrate up to 100 mg (2 sachets or 8 actuations)
Some men might be able to store sperm before starting treatment
04% versus 8%–25% for cisgender men depending on the population studied
(54%) used BIC as part of CAB and 27% used BIC as part of CAB followed by monotherapy