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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.
What Megace is used for. Megace contains megestrol acetate a synthetic steroid which is similar to the naturally occurring hormone progesterone. Megestrol acetate competes with naturally occurring hormones for receptor sites in breast tissue, in this way preventing the naturally occurring hormones from stimulating breast cancer cells. Megace is used to treat the symptoms of breast cancer.