Indication
As anabolic after debilitating illness, Postmenopausal osteoporosis, Metastatic breast cancer, Anaemia of chronic renal failure.
Contra Indication
Patients with prostate cancer, breast cancer with high calcium levels, severe kidney impairment, pregnancy and hypersensitivity.
Caution
Monitor diabetic patients carefully. Conditions influenced by oedema. Hepatic impairment. Elderly. Discontinue if signs of virilisation in women occur. Monitor skeletal maturation in children.
Side Effect
Deepening of voice, Stunting growth in children, Atherosclerosis, Increased low density lipo-protein, Azoo-spermia, Increased fibrinolytic activity. Headache, Depression, Edema, Acne, Facial hair, Clitoromegaly, Menstrual irregularity, Increase in libido, Temporal recession of scalp hair, Hypercalcemia, Sodium and fluid retention, GI bleeding, Impaired glucose tolerance.
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