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Antigonadotropin
An antigonadotropin is a drug which suppresses the activity and/or downstream effects of one or both of the gonadotropinsfollicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH). This results in an inhibition of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis, and thus a decrease in the levels of the androgenestrogen, and progestogen sex steroids in the body. Antigonadotropins are used for a variety of purposes, including for the treatment hormonally-sensitive cancers, to delay precocious puberty and puberty in transgender youth, as a form of chemical castration to reduce the sex drives of individuals (namely males) with hypersexuality or pedophilia, and to treat estrogen-associated conditions in women such as menorrhagia and endometriosis.

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