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Aug 2026
Post-cycle therapy after androgen abuse: a narrative review of mechanisms, evidence, and clinical perspectives
Post-cycle therapy (PCT) refers to the use of pharmacological agents – most commonly selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs), human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), and aromatase inhibitors (AIs) – after cessation of androgen abuse to accelerate recovery of the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal (HPG) axis. Exogenous a...
D. L. Smit, T. Verdegaal, Peter Bond et al.
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