title: Circulating lipid and lipoprotein concentrations during danazol and high-dose medroxyprogesterone acetate therapy of endometriosis.
abstract: In a study on endometriosis, ten patients were treated with danazol (200 mg three times a day) and ten patients with high-dose medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) (100 mg a day) for 6 months. The circulating high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol concentration decreased significantly in the danazol (53%) and in the MPA groups (26%); the change in the danazol group was significantly higher than that in the MPA group. Danazol also significantly increased the low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol levels (37%), whereas MPA had no significant effect. Danazol (29%) and MPA (12%) decreased the apolipoprotein A-1 levels significantly. The decrease caused by danazol was significantly greater. Danazol also significantly decreased the apolipoprotein A-2 levels (12%) and significantly increased the apolipoprotein B levels (17%), whereas MPA had no significant effects on them. Three months after the end of medication, all values were at the pretreatment levels. The circulating cholesterol, triglyceride, and very low-density lipoprotein concentrations remained unchanged during both treatments. Danazol and high-dose MPA induced a similar significant regression of peritoneal endometriotic implants in relation to placebo. Our present results, showing that danazol, to a greater extent than high-dose MPA, is associated with changes in lipoprotein metabolism that expose the individual to an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases, suggest that high-dose MPA is preferable to danazol in the long-term treatment of endometriosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Central Hospital of Mikkeli, Finland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Telimaa
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Penttilä
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Puolakka
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rönnberg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kauppila
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D015243:Cholesterol, VLDL / Q000097:blood; D003613:Danazol / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008525:Medroxyprogesterone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate; D011245:Pregnadienes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D001053:Apolipoproteins; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D015243:Cholesterol, VLDL; D011245:Pregnadienes; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate; D008525:Medroxyprogesterone; D003613:Danazol