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Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology • 2003 | View Paper
“Baseline ACTH and cortisol levels, as well as ACTH and cortisol levels after administration of CCK-4, were significantly reduced after pretreatment with megestrol.”
“Administration of megestrol acetate also produced a progressive decrease in both resting plasma cortisol concentrations and cortisol concentrations after ACTH stimulation.”
Research in veterinary science • 1987 | View Paper
“ Megestrol acetate inhibited both the release and total ACTH content of the anterior pituitary gland, while RU 38486 increased both the release and the total ACTH content.”