Estradiol valerate/prasterone enanthate (EV/DHEA-E), sold under the brand name Gynodian Depot among others, is an injectablecombination medication of estradiol valerate (EV), an estrogen, and prasterone enanthate (DHEA-E), an androgen, estrogen, and neurosteroid, which is used in menopausal hormone therapy for women.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] It is provided in the form of 1 mL ampoules containing 4 mg estradiol valerate and 200 mg prasterone enanthate in an oil solution and is administered by intramuscular injection once every 4 to 6 weeks.[2] EV/DHEA-E reportedly has a duration of about 21 days.[10]
The medication is available in Europe, Latin America, and Egypt.[11][12][13][14] EV/DHEA-E was developed and marketed by Schering, was first described in the literature in 1972, and was introduced for medical use in April 1975.[4][15][16][17]
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Androgen replacement therapy formulations and dosages used in women
Notes:Premenopausal women produce about 230 ± 70 μg testosterone per day (6.4 ± 2.0 mg testosterone per 4 weeks), with a range of 130 to 330 μg per day (3.6–9.2 mg per 4 weeks). Footnotes:a = Mostly discontinued or unavailable. b = Over-the-counter. Sources: See template.
Estradiol and DHEA levels after a single intramuscular injection of Gynodian Depot (4 mg estradiol valerate, 200 mg prasterone enanthate in oil) in women.[9][8][18]
See also[]
List of combined sex-hormonal preparations
References[]
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^ abPicha E, Weghaupt K (March 1972). "Erfahrungen mit einer neuen Hormonkombination bei klimakterischen Beschwerden" [Experience with a new hormone combination for menopausal disorders]. Med Klin (in German). 67 (11): 382–6. ISSN0025-8458. PMID4259772. A new hormone combination for menopausal complaints. Since the treatment of menopausal complaints with estrogens as well as with the combination of estrogens and androgens causes undesired side effects such as bleeding, mammary changes and masculinisation, dehydroepiandrosteron (DHEA), a precursor of testosteron, has been synthesised, which has only a low conversion rate to free testosteron and no masculinising effect. The substance has been tested in combination with estrogen (200 mg DHEA-enanthate and 4 mg estradiolvalerianate per 1 ml) in 266 women with menopausal complaints. The duration of treatment has been up to 6 years with an injection interval of 3 to 8 weeks. The therapeutic results were as good as with estrogen-androgen-combinations, but there was no masculinising effect. Changes of voice, hair and libido caused by pretreatment partly disappeared. Side effects [such] as acne, mastodynia, and sensation of repletion were of transitory nature. This preparation seems to be a true alternative to the traditional estrogen-androgen-combinations.
^Lauritzen, C (1980). "Erfahrungen in der Behandlung klimakterischer Beschwerden mit Depot-Injektionen von Östradiolvalerianat-Dehydroepiandrosteronönanthat" [Experience of treatment of climacteric symptoms with depot injections of estradiol valerianate-dehydroandrosterone enantate]. Die Therapiewoche. 30 (10): 1736–1742. ISSN0040-5973. A trial of estradiol valerianate-dehydroandrosterone oenantate (Gynodian-Depot) was conducted in 68 post-menopausal women. The treatment exerted a very favorable influence on the typical subjective disorders of the climacteric and on the atrophic alterations of the target organs. Owing to its estrogenic and dehydroepiandrosterone components, the compound also exerts a favorable psychotropic effect. It was tolerated well and caused no side effects of any significance.
^Jurczok F (March 1976). "Behandlung des klimakterischen Symptomenkomplexes mit einem neuen Hormon-Kombinationspräparat" [Treatment of the climacteric symptom complex with a new combined hormone preparation]. Fortschr. Med. (in German). 94 (9): 524–7. ISSN0015-8178. PMID134967.
^Dinulović D, Radonjić G (1987). "Gynodian-depot u lecenju kastracione postmenopauze" [Gynodian-depot in the treatment of castration-induced postmenopause]. Jugosl Ginekol Perinatol (in Croatian). 27 (1–2): 37–40. ISSN0352-5562. PMID2960859.
^ abDüsterberg B, Wendt H (1983). "Plasma levels of dehydroepiandrosterone and 17 beta-estradiol after intramuscular administration of Gynodian-Depot in 3 women". Horm. Res. 17 (2): 84–9. doi:10.1159/000179680. PMID6220949.
^ abKuhl, Herbert; Taubert, Hans-Dieter (1987). Das Klimakterium – Pathophysiologie, Klinik, Therapie [The Climacteric – Pathophysiology, Clinic, Therapy] (in German). Stuttgart, Germany: Thieme Verlag. p. 122. ISBN978-3137008019.
^Ufer, Joachim (1 January 1978). Hormontherapie in der Frauenheilkunde: Grundlagen und Praxis [Hormone Therapy in Gynecology: Principles and Practice] (in German) (5 ed.). de Gruyter. p. 276. ISBN978-3110066647. OCLC924728827.
^Sweetman, Sean C., ed. (2009). "Sex hormones and their modulators". Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference (36th ed.). London: Pharmaceutical Press. pp. 2100, 2124–2125. ISBN978-0-85369-840-1.
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