Normethandrone is used in combination with anestrogen, eithermethylestradiol orestradiol valerate, in the treatment ofamenorrhea andmenopausalsymptoms in women.[1][2][11] It has also been used to treatdysmenorrhea in women.[12] Normethandrone has been used successfully to inhibitlibido in men withsexual deviance.[13] Although normethandrone can be classified as an AAS and has strong such effects at sufficiently high doses, it is not typically used as such and is instead used medically only as a progestin.[3][1][4] This is because it is so highly progestogenic in comparison.[4]
Notes:Premenopausal women produce about 230 ± 70 μgtestosterone per day (6.4 ± 2.0 mg testosterone per 4 weeks), with a range of 130 to 330 μg per day (3.6–9.2 mg per 4 weeks).Footnotes:a = Mostly discontinued or unavailable.b =Over-the-counter.Sources: See template.
Normethandrone is marketed in combination withmethylestradiol in the form oforaltablets containing 5 mg normethandrone and 0.3 mg methylestradiol.[11][14]
Notes: Values are percentages (%). Referenceligands (100%) wereprogesterone for thePRTooltip progesterone receptor,testosterone for theARTooltip androgen receptor,estradiol for theERTooltip estrogen receptor,dexamethasone for theGRTooltip glucocorticoid receptor, andaldosterone for theMRTooltip mineralocorticoid receptor.Sources: See template.
Normethandrone has been marketed for medical use since 1957.[10] The combination of normethandrone and methylestradiol was introduced by at least 1966.[14]
Normethandrone has not been assigned anINNTooltip International Nonproprietary Name or other formal name designations.[28][29][2] It is also known asmethylestrenolone,methylnortestosterone,normethandrolone, andnormethisterone.[28][29][2]
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