… hirsutism, acne, and androgenic alopecia or female pattern hair loss (… androgen suppression,
with a hormonal combination contraceptive, or androgen blockade, as with an androgen …

… contraceptive needs of their patients. Most women are looking for a method that is effective
and easy to use with few side effects. While oral contraceptive pills … reversible contraceptives (…

… androgen excess in women (3, 4). The overwhelming majority of women presenting with
androgen excess … in women with more severe androgen excess and relatively rapid onset of …

… in estrogen concentrations and a less intense one in androgen concentrations, resulting in
a state of relative androgen excess. This imbalance is amplified by the evolving decrease in …

… androgen excess may be hirsutism, it should be noted that not all patients with hirsutism have
overt evidence of androgen excess, … Alternatively, not all patients with an androgen excess …

… effects may predominate, counteracting the unfavorable action of androgen excess, while
in normoandrogenic women drospirenone may behave mainly as a progestin, potentiating a …

… not normalized by the administration of dexamethasone to suppress adrenal function, 2 but
normalization can be accomplished by the long-term administration of an oral contraceptive …

… There are many therapeutic methods to cor rect and counteract excessive androgen activity
… contraceptive preparation (OCP) is frequently used for the treatment of hyper androgenic …

… use LC–MS/MS methods to measure their androgens. What does this mean for the quality
of … of) androgen excess or deficiency. We will start with an overview of androgen synthesis; …

… (OC) as therapy for nonobese adolescents with androgen excess, even when those …
progestagen contraceptives are the sole medications approved for the treatment of androgen excess …