They behave like female hormones, estrogens, or they - some of them block androgens, male hormones.

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Adequate cortisone replacement is needed to suppress androgens, allowing for normal height and minimizing masculine characteristics.

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They said hormone treatments such as tibolone (Livial) which used male sex hormones called androgens, rather than female hormones, were more successful in increasing libido.

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