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Novel Hormone Therapy Appears Promising for HRT.

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| August 01, 2001 | Jancin, Bruce | COPYRIGHT 2001 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

VAIL, COLO. -- Within the year, American physicians are likely to gain access to an important new type of postmenopausal hormone therapy, Dr. Kenneth Faber said at a conference on obstetrics and gynecology sponsored by the University of Colorado.

Tibolone (Livial) is an intracrine steroid with estrogenic, progestogenic, and androgenic activities depending upon the various end organs at which it is metabolized.

The drug, marketed by Organon in Europe for 10 years, is now being reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration. Based upon clinical trials data as well as the European practice experience, tibolone would appear to offer menopausal women the best ...

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