Journal
PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH
Volume 23, Issue 8, Pages 1641-1658Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s11095-006-9024-3
Keywords
androgen receptor; antiandrogen; pharmacokinetics; prostate cancer; selective androgen receptor modulator; testosterone
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Testosterone and structurally related anabolic steroids have been used to treat hypogonadism, muscle wasting, osteoporosis, male contraception, cancer cachexia, anemia, and hormone replacement therapy in aging men or age-related frailty; while antiandrogens may be useful for treatment of conditions like acne, alopecia (male-pattern baldness), hirsutism, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer. However, the undesirable physicochemical and pharmacokinetic properties of steroidal androgen receptor (AR) ligands limited their clinical use. Nonsteroidal AR ligands with improved pharmacological and pharmacokinetic properties have been developed to overcome these problems. This review focuses on the pharmacokinetics, metabolism, and pharmacology of clinically used and emerging nonsteroidal AR ligands, including antagonists, agonists, and selective androgen receptor modulators.
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