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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/mtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone

Androcur 10mg (which contains cyproteronacetate) is being discontinued by Bayer because it isn't economical for them to produce anymore. I hate it. It's the anti androgen that's pretty much the standard for feminizing hormone therapy here in Germany and I believe even in Europe.

Edit: here is the email in German that they sent me after I asked them through their contact form:

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[-] Ekybio@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

Do you have a source for that? Because that would really be quite bad...

[-] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 months ago

I added a screenshot of their email. It is in German though

[-] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 months ago

I asked through their contact form.

[-] Ekybio@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Thanks for the clarification, though this is indeed quite bad news :/

[-] schlecknits@feddit.org 14 points 3 months ago

10mg were unfortunatly never avaiable in Austria - shame that now production ends Germany as well.

We have 50mg tablets, which isn't a dose recommended for transfemmes so every 4 doses you have to split them one of them using a tablet slicer. It's tedious, but it works.

[-] faercol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 months ago

Isn't it not really advised because of side effects?

In France for example it's really not standard at all, and decapeptyl or bica are used more often.

[-] starflower@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago

Nah all my friends r on androcur and it seems to be good

[-] 0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago

it can cause brain tumors and has some other issues too. others are preferable

[-] 0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

diy injections or bica, or cypro 50mg divided into 4 taken daily or every other day.

[-] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm not doing DIY and I have to get my prescription from my endo. She suggested to switch to spiro. I suggested to her to prescribe 50 mg to quarter them but I don't have an answer yet.

[-] 0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

I personally really don't like Spiro due to its side effects and lack of good T blocking

[-] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

Yes that's why I really want to stay on cypro

[-] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

Would bicalutamide be an option? It's a very effective anti-androgen with minimal risk and potentially no side effects.

(Unrelated, but bica ultimately didn't work for me, I suspect because it didn't act as much on the Central Nervous System, so my biochemical dysphoria wasn't helped by it and that was the main reason I wanted an anti-androgen. I switched to monotherapy and that has been better.)

[-] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

I appreciate the help but that was 3 months ago and it's already resolved ๐Ÿ˜… (I can stay on cypro)

[-] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's great news!

[-] SquishedFly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

Oh that explains why I hate to cut a pill into 4 that only has one breaking line

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