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spironolactone [′spī·rə·nō′lak‚tōn] (pharmacology) C24H32O4S A steroid having a lactone ring attached at carbon-17; used as a diuretic. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| An infertility specialist placed me on the drug Spironolactone and I broke out in hives. 2] in rats after unitol spironolactone and polythiol resin treatment. Cimetidine, used in the treatment of peptic ulcers, disrupts the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis, and spironolactone, an aldosterone antagonist used for hypertension, also has an anti-androgenic effect (see Rosen, 1991, for review). |
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