Hormones 2016

Contents
List of Tables 8
List of Figures 9
1 Preface 10
Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . 10
Introduction . . . . . . . . . 10
This document . . . . . . . . 11
Please note . . . . . . . . . . 11
Acknowledgements . . . . . 12
Creative Commons . . . . . 12
About the author . . . . . . 12
Changes . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2 README FIRST 15
Ametop . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Bicalutamide . . . . . . . . . 16
Cyproterone Acetate . . . . 17
Dutasteride . . . . . . . . . . 18
Dydrogesterone . . . . . . . 18
Emla Cream . . . . . . . . . 19
Estradiol Valerate . . . . . . 19
Finasteride . . . . . . . . . . 21
Flutamide . . . . . . . . . . 21
Goserelin . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Leuprorelin Acetate . . . . . 23
Minoxidil . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Oestrogel . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Progesterone . . . . . . . . . 24
Sandrena . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Testosterone . . . . . . . . . 26
Triptorelin . . . . . . . . . . 26
Vaniqa . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3 Preamble 29
What are hormones? . . . . 29
Possible Health Risks . . . . 29
Side effects . . . . . . . . . . 30
Where do hormones come
from? . . . . . . . . . . 31
Long-term treatment . . . . 32
What will hormones do to
me? . . . . . . . . . . . 32
What changes will I see? . . 33
Common therapies . . . . . 42
Drugs used in Male to Female
transitioning . . . 44
Drugs used in Female to
Male transitioning . . . 44
How oestrogen works . . . 44
Hormone effects in
male→female . . . . . 47
Hormone effects in
female→male . . . . . 54
4 Endocrinology 63
An overview of the endocrine
system . . . . . 63
The major endocrine glands 65
The Biochemistry of Sex
Hormones . . . . . . . 67
5 Human anatomy 71
Male Genital Anatomy . . . 71
Female Genital Anatomy . . 72
6 Hormones 76
Estradiol Valerate . . . . . . 76
Oestrogel . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Sandrena . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Testosterone . . . . . . . . . 98
7 DHT-blockers 109
Dutasteride . . . . . . . . . . 109
Finasteride . . . . . . . . . . 114
8 Anti-androgens 118
Bicalutamide . . . . . . . . . 118
Cyproterone Acetate . . . . 124
Flutamide . . . . . . . . . . 132
Goserelin . . . . . . . . . . . 138
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