Sidebar 1. Conditions Pertinent for the Use of Anti-Androgens.

Disease state	Anti-androgen use
Prostate cancer	Anti-androgens are useful as anti-neoplastic agents and in palliative, adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapy
Benign prostatic hypertrophy	Prostate enlargement
Male sexual disorders	Hypersexuality, also known as excessive sexual desire or sexual deviation such as paraphilias
Acne vulgaris	To improve skin condition
Androgenic Alopecia	Male pattern baldness
Idiopathic Hirsutism	Excessive female hairiness
Polycystic ovarian syndrome	Regulation of menstrual cycle and reduction of hirsutism
Gender reassignment therapy	In male to female transsexuals, anti-androgens are used to suppress the masculinizing effects of androgens
‘Chemical castration’	Occasionally anti-androgens are used in registered sex offenders released from prisons to reduce the likelihood of repeat offending by reducing sexual drive