Gonadotropin inhibition also has the effect of reducing the androgen production of ovarian theca cells and adrenal gland. An additional antiandrogenic effect of estrogens comes from their ...

Flutamide in monotherapy reduces hirsutism and androgen excess as efficiently as flutamide plus an estrogen–progestogen contraceptive. The use of the latter can thus mainly be regarded as a ...

The over-riding androgenic symptoms that the individual ... it was recommended that oral contraceptives or direct hair removal be used initially. Then, if at least 6 months of OCP therapy has ...