Drugs that cause Gynaecomastia

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LIST 1

Drugs that can cause gynaecomastia

Anti-arrythmic drugs
Digoxin

Anti-psychotic or neuroleptic drugs
Amisulpiride
Aripiprazole
Benperidlo
Chlorpromazine
Clozapine
Flupentixol
Fluphenazine
Haloperidol
Levomepromazine
Olanzepine
Prochlorperazine
Pericyazine
Perphenazine
Pimozide
Promazine
Quetiapine
Resperidone
Sertindole
Sulpiride
Trifluoperazine
Zotepine
Zuclopenthixol

Anti-hypertensive and other cardiac
Amlodipine
Diltiazem
Enalapril
Lisinopril
Methyldopa
Nifedipine
Nisoldipine
Prazosin
Verapamil

Anti-epileptic drugs
Carbamazine
Valproate acid

Diuretic drugs
Spironolactone
Bumetanide


Anti-depressant drugs
Amitriptyline

H2 receptor antagonist and proton pump inhibitors
Cimetidine
Famotidine
Lasoprazole
Omeprazole
Nizatidine
Ranitidine

Gonadorelin analgues

Buserelin
Goserelin
Leuprorelin
Nafarelin
Tripotorelin

Antibiotic anti-viral and anti-fungal drugs
Atazanavir
Darunavir
Efavirenz
Isoniazid
Ketoconazole
Stavudine

Cytotoxic drugs
Dasatinib
Estramustine
Imatinib

Immunosuppressant drugs
Ciclosporine

Anti-gout drugs
Allopurinol

Hormones
Cyproterone
Ethinylestradiol
Human chorionic gonadrotroophin
Oestrogen
Testosterone
Hormine antagonist
Bicalutaminde
Flutamide

Human menopausal gonadotrophins

Brand names

Menogen – combination drugs: follicle stimulating hormone and leutinising hormone
Menopur

LIST 2

Drugs that can cause gynaecomastia in alphabetical order

Atanazavir
Amlodipine
Allopurinol
Amitriptyline
Aripiorazole
Amisulpiride

Bumetanide
Bicalutamide
Benperiodl
Buserelin

Chorionic Gonadotrophin
Cyproterone
Carbamazepine
Ciclosporine
Chlorpromazine
Clozapine
Cimetidine

Darunavir
Diltiazem
Dasatinib
Digoxin
Dutasteride

Estramustine
Ethinylestradiol
Enalapril
Efavirenz

Famotidine
Flutamide
Flupentixol
Fluphenazine
Finasteride

Goserelin

Haloperidol
Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin

Isoniaxzid
Imatinib

Lanzoprazole
Lisinopril
Leuprorelin
Levomepromazine

Methyldopa
Mitotane
Menogan (brand name)
Menopur (brand name)

Nisoldipine
Nifedipine
Nizatidine
Nafarelin

Oestrogen
Omeprazole
Olanzepine

Prazosin
Prochlorperazine
Pericyazine
Perphenazine
Pimozide
Promazine
Pipothiazine

Quetiapine

Risperidone
Resperidone
Ranitidine

Spironolactone
Stavudine
Sildenafil
Sulpiride
Sertindole

Testosterone and esters
Trifluoperazine
Triptorelin

Verapmil

Zuclopenthixol
Zotepine
Zidovudine

LIST 3

Drugs reported to cause gynaecomastia in isolated case reports.

Atorvastatin
Cetrizine
Clonidine
Fenofibrate
Fluoxetin
Gabapentin
Methotrexate
Paroxetine
Pregabulin
Rofecoxib
Rosuvastatin
Thalidomide
Theophylline

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