Category

• Antineoplastic Bicalutamide; Flutamide; Nilutamide

Description Drug

Nonsteroidal antiandrogens are using to treat cancer of the prostate gland. The prostate gland is present only in males; therefore, females do not get prostate cancer.

Nonsteroidal antiandrogens block the effect of the male hormone testosterone in the body. Giving a nonsteroidal antiandrogen together with another treat that decreases the amount of testosterone produced in the body is one way of treating this type of cancer.

These medication are available only with your family doctor's prescription, in the following dosage form - s:

Oral
• Bicalutamide
  • Tablets - USA and Canada
• Flutamide
  • Capsules - USA
  • Tablets - Canada
• Nilutamide
  • Tablets - USA and Canada

Brand Names

Some commonly using brand names are:

In the USA

• Casodex
• Eulexin
• Nilandron

In Canada

• Anandron
• Casodex
• Euflex