Exemestane

Timing · In Oestrogen

Chemical structure of Exemestane
Structure: Exemestane, PubChem CID 60198

Approved, for something elseMeasured in people, not heightBy mouthSteroid

A breast cancer drug that the oestrogen-making enzyme takes in and is destroyed by.

A steroidal aromatase inhibitor: an androstenedione analogue that the enzyme accepts as a substrate and is then permanently inactivated by, which makes it a suicide inhibitor. Also a breast cancer drug.

Risks. Its label warns that it thins bone over time and can harm a pregnancy, and it has not been shown safe in children.

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