Drug Summary

  Drug name:  danazol
  Chemical name:  Danazol
  Formula:  C₂₂H₂₇NO₂
  Weight:   337.4553
  CAS no:  17230-88-5
  DrugBank link:  DB01406
  Description:  A synthetic steroid with antigonadotropic and anti-estrogenic activities that acts as an anterior pituitary suppressant by inhibiting the pituitary output of gonadotropins. It possesses some androgenic properties. Danazol has been used in the treatment of endometriosis and some benign breast disorders. [PubChem]
  Indication:  For the treatment of endometriosis and fibrocystic breast disease (in patients unresponsive to simple measures). Also used for the prophylactic treatment of all types of hereditary angioedema in males and females.