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Antiandrogens, Nonsteroidal description. Nonsteroidal antiandrogens are used to treat cancer of the prostate gland. The prostate gland is present only in males; therefore, females do not get prostate cancer. Nonsteroidal antiandrogens block the effect of the male hormone testosterone in the body. Giving a nonsteroidal antiandrogen together with another treatment that decreases the amount of testosterone produced in the body is one way of treating this type of cancer. These medicines are available only with your doctor's prescription, in the following dosage form(s): Oral Bicalutamide Tablets (U.S. and Canada) Flutamide Capsules (U.S.) Tablets (Canada) Nilutamide Tablets (U.S. and Canada)
Brand names: - Anandron - Antiandrogens, Nonsteroidal - Casodex - Euflex - Eulexin - Nilandron |