Danazol

Description

Danazol may be used for a number of different medical problems. These include treatment of:

• Pain and/or infertility due to endometriosis;
• A tendency for females to develop cysts in the breasts (fibrocystic breast disease); or
• Hereditary angioedema, which causes swelling of the face, arms, legs, throat, windpipe, bowels, or sexual organs.

Danazol may also be used for other conditions as determined by your doctor.

This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription.

Once a medicine has been approved for marketing for a certain use, experience may show that it is also useful for other medical problems. Although these uses may not be included in product labeling, danazol is used in certain patients with the following medical conditions:

• Gynecomastia (excess breast development in males)
• Menorrhagia (excessively long menstrual periods)
• Precocious puberty in females (premature sexual development)

Common Brand Names:

Danocrine