Description A medication used to treat bone pain from osteoporosis and muscle loss that can happen after long-term treatment with steroid medications.
DrugBank ID DB00621
Modality Small Molecule
Patents 5
Indicated Conditions 4
Oxandrolone is an androgenic hormone used to treat muscle loss from prolonged corticosteroid treatment and to treat bone pain associated with osteoporosis.
Oxandrin
Generic Name Oxandrolone
DrugBank Accession Number DB00621
A synthetic hormone with anabolic and androgenic properties.
Groups Approved, Investigational
Weight Average: 306.4397
Monoisotopic: 306.219494826
Chemical Formula C 19 H 30 O 3
Use to promote weight gain after weight loss following extensive surgery.
Oxandrolone is an anabolic steroids indicated as adjunctive therapy to promote weight gain after weight loss following extensive surgery, chronic infections, or severe trauma, and in some patients who without definite pathophysiologic reasons fail to gai
