megestrol
Information, Symptoms, Treatments and Resources
What is megestrol?
Megace Oral 400 mg/10 mL (40 mg/mL) Oral Susp
Drug Name: MEGESTROL SUSPENSION - ORAL
Other Brand Names: Megace
Uses: This medication is used to increase your appetite and to prevent or reverse significant weight loss (e.g., muscle wasting in cancer or AIDS). By preventing weight loss from disease, you will feel better and may be able to be more active. This medication may also be used to treat cancer of the breast or uterus. It may be used alone or with other treatments, including surgery and radiation, to stop the growth of your tumor. Megestrol is similar to a natural substance made by the body called progesterone. It is not known how megestrol helps appetite or stops tumor growth.
All forms of drug:
megestrol 400 mg/10 mL (40 mg/mL) Oral Susp
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megestrol 625 mg/5 mL Oral Susp
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megestrol Tab
Posts on megestrol (46)
Can Megestrol Acetate be used in healthy individuals for weight gaining?
I had surgery for Ovarian cancer in January 2004. I was diagnosed in November with...
Hi. I was diagnosed with stage IIIA endometrial cancer that metastisized to my ovaries. I ...
Has anyone been given Megestrol to stop bleeding. I tried Provera and it did not work so I...
With an effort to stop bleeding I was prescribed Megestrol. Upon reading about the drug, I ...
- Nov 05, 2010
40 mm, any of you experiences weight loss,with loss of appetite, i eat a bait and i m full...
I did not have a period for a year.I started bleeding it got really heavy had to change pad...
- Jan 28, 2008
My father finished first round of chemotherapy on friday (cisplatin and etoposide). He bar...
Diagnose with cyst 6cm. Still have pain. Treated with megestrol. Started the treatment, ...
- Feb 12, 2006
An ultra-sound showed that I have a 5cm cyst that has lines running through it. I was put ...
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