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Trade name: Megace. Other name: Megestrol Acetate. Drug type: Megestrol is a hormone therapy. This medication is classified as a progesterone.. (For more detail, see How this drug works section below). What this drug is used for: Treatment of breast, and endometrial cancers.
Megestrol acetate, sold under the brand name Megace, is a progestin with antiandrogen activity that is mainly used as an appetite stimulant and less commonly in the treatment of breast and endometrial cancers. It is the C17Î± acetate ester of megestrol, which, in contrast to MGA, was never marketed for medical use. The term megestrol is often inappropriately used as a synonym for MGA, and when it is used, it almost always refers to MGA rather actually than megestrol. MGA is taken by mouth.