OK,

OK,

If I had gone the chemical route instead of the surgical route, I probably would have gone with androcur, as you take tablets by mouth rather then have to put up with painful injections.

I have been on Androcur sense September and loving it. It gives you a chance to try out castration before surgery see if this is the right move for you. For me, it has been great. For the first time in my life I feel like I am in control. I guess the reason I picked Androcur was that its in pill form, I hate needles.

River

The advantage of Androcur is that it is a pill that you can take with all of the others that you regularly swallow. The disadvantage is that it costs so much.

The advantage of Depo-Provera is that it is cheap, relatively speaking. The disadvantage is that it is a shot.

Personally, I am not much of a needle enthusiast, however, until Androcur becomes more widely available, & thus cheaper, I will remain "on the needle". A pain in the butt is better than a pain in the finances.

I agree with you MadScientist, Androcur is expensive but I really hate needles so for me the better to have a pain in the wallet then in the ass.

River

Have been on Androcur for last 2 weeks, first libido went, then potency, and now have amazingly s-m-o-o-t-h skin. Didn't notice at first, as I was looking for change er. somewhere else. Also have a thin layer of fat almost all-over, a lot less hair. more fat on chest and thighs. This must be powerfull stuff! I would advise caution here. Must vote it a plus for no side-effects!

100mg/day

I will admit that I took androcur during the dark days that I had intact male thingies. But you are forgetting the most popular anti-androgen used today--spironolactone. This is perhaps more popular because it is available in the USA, where a number of our members reside. Androcur has not been approved by the FDA.

Much love,

Kelly

Castration by Spector

Penectomy and all the rest by Suporn

I have been on depo provera for seven monthes now with no side effects .I have no problem with shots the needle is very thin and i have not had any pain or discomfort with thies shots and synce it is approved by the FDA thay are given without cost at my doctors office somthing to think about.

Like Kelly-2 I'm not sure why Spirotone wasn't mentioned. I had to vote 'other' - I've been using Spirotone/Premarin since August 2001.

For one period it wasn't available and I turned to Andocur - the internet price difference is shocking - assuming it only performs the same function.

As for the Spirotone - there's a current tv ad campaign in England for outdoor paint that finishes with the punchline "it does what it says on the can" - I reckon Spirotone could use that just as accurately!!!

lol Rachel

So, what kinds of changes do you think can be attributed to Spirotone? I don't know. Does it decrease libido? I took only that and still wanted to masturbate. Does it help make erections smaller? Less ejaculate? Possible sterility?

Sometimes I will run out of Estrofem for a couple days and I keep the Phyto-Estrogens in good supply. I believe that these are major contributors to decreasing the ejaculate volume. Promensil, it seems, also quickly diminishes the climax "thrill". I realize the thread is about anti-androgens... I am trying to determine what results or symptoms others have experienced.

Thank you,

- Jim