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Flutamide
Flutamide is an oral
antiandrogen
drug
primarily used to treat
prostate cancer
. It competes with
testosterone
and its powerful
metabolite
,
dihydrotestosterone
(DHT) for binding to
androgen receptors
in the
prostate gland
. By doing so, it prevents them from stimulating the prostate cancer cells to grow. Flutamide has been largely replaced by a newer member of this class,
bicalutamide
, due to a better
side-effect
profile. Flutamide may also be used to treat excess androgen levels in women. It is marketed by
Schering-Plough
under the brand name Eulexin.
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Flutamide
Flutamide /flu·ta·mide/ a nonsteroidal antiandrogen, used in the treatment of metastatic prostatic carcinoma. [
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flutamide
[FLOO-ta-mide]
An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called antiandrogens.
A Service of the
National Cancer Institute
.
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