Open AccessSERUM TESTOSTERONE, FSH/LH AND URINARY EXCRETION OF ESTROGENS AND CORTICOIDS DURING TREATMENT WITH AN INJECTABLE, LONGACTING ESTROGEN‐DHEA PREPARATION
Author(s) -
Nyholm Henrik,
Plesner Rolf
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016347909154601
Subject(s) - medicine , estrogen , endocrinology , testosterone (patch) , urinary system , excretion , gonadotropin , hormone
. Ten weeks after total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo‐oophorectomy, nine women were treated with injections of Gynodian R , composed of 4 mg estradiol valerate and 200 mg dehydroepiandrosterone enanthate, followed by injections of Primodian R , composed of 4 mg estradiol valerate and 90.27 mg testosterone enanthate. Before commencement of treatment estimation of serum FSH, LH and testosterone, and analyses for total estrogen, 17‐ketogenic steroids and fractionated 17‐ketosteroids in 24‐hour urine samples were carried out in all patients. The same serum and urine analyses were made 2 weeks after the first Gynodian R injection and the first Primodian R injectiespectively. Serum testosterone concentrations did not change during treatment with Gynodian R , whereas they rose markedly after administration of Primodian R . Two weeks after the first injection of Gynodian R and also of Primodian R , the total estrogen excretion was only slightly increased in comparison with the value measured befre start of treatment, and the serum FSH/LH ratio was only slightly depressed. The daily urinary excretion of 17‐ketogenic steroids and of fractionated 17‐ketosteroids were unchanged during treatment.