The impact of a moderate to severe brain injury depends on the following: 1  Severity of initial injury. 2  Rate/completeness of physiological recovery. 3  Functions affected.  Meaning of dysfunction to the 1  individual. Resources available to aid recovery.  Areas of function not affected by TBI.
In humans, administration of histrelin acetate results in an initial increase in circulating levels of luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), leading to a transient increase in concentration of gonadal steroids (testosterone and dihydrotestosterone in males); however, continuous administration of histrelin acetate results in decreased levels of LH and FSH due to a reversible down-regulation of the GnRH receptors in the pituitary gland and desensitization ...
Abiraterone acetate is a steroidal CYP17A1 inhibitor and by extension androgen synthesis inhibitor which is used in combination with prednisone in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer â i.e., prostate cancer not responding to androgen deprivation or treatment with androgen receptor antagonists. It is a prodrug to the active agent abiraterone, and is marketed by Janssen Biotech under the trade name Zytiga. In addition, Intas Pharmaceuticals markets the drug under the trade name ...