| Message: | Estrogenic Steroids Megestrol Acetate
Product Name: Megestrol Acetate
CAS: 595-33-5
EINECS: 209-864-5
MF: C24H32O4
MW: 384.52
Content: 99%
Grade: Pharmaceutical Grade
Appearance: White Powder
Usage: Pharmaceutical Raw Materials
Melting Point: 213 ~220 degrees celsius
Standard: BP2003; USP29; EP5.0
How It Works
Megestrol is a man-made progestin similar to the hormone progesterone. Experts do not completely understand how megestrol works. But most believe that it interferes with receptors that help breast cancer grow and spread.
Why It Is Used
Megestrol can be used to treat metastatic or recurrent breast cancer after tamoxifen treatment. It can also be used when tamoxifen is not effective.
Megestrol is used mainly to treat breast cancer. It is also sometimes used to treat endometrial cancer and prostate cancer.
Megestrol can be used as an appetite stimulant for people experiencing loss of appetite and weight loss because of advanced cancer.
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