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CYPROTERONE ACETATE

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Cyproterone · DIN 02245898 · 50mg · tablet

General benefitMarketed · checked 2026-09-20
StatusGeneral benefit
Write on scriptno code needed
Patient paysPatient pays: program not supplied; amount cannot be determined.
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1 brand, same coverage
Cyproterone · DIN 02245898 Manufacturer: A A Pharma Inc.; listing date 2004-07-20 Health Canada: Marketed since 2011-03-22 · brand CYPROTERONE · ATC G03HA01 CYPROTERONE · form Tablet · route Oral · ingredients CYPROTERONE ACETATE 50 MG · company Aa pharma inc · schedule Prescription
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Cyproterone: Formulary list price $1.4000/unit (unit not stated in source; not the patient's cost)

Ministry pays: $1.4000 per source unit.

Source explanation: The formulary price is what ODB pays; the cash price at the counter is set by the pharmacy.

Formulary data: Ontario extract of Aug 26, 2026 · Health Canada DPD extract of Sep 2, 2026 (Open Government Licence – Canada) · https://health-products.canada.ca/dpd-bdpp/info?lang=eng&code=70015 · Verify on the e-Formulary ↗ (DIN 02245898)

Source record
DIN 02245898: Cyproterone Raw flags: sec3=Y Item: 100000057; group id 152; item number 0257; lccId None; manufacturer id AAP Source form: Tab; strength: 50mg Recorded listing: General benefit Source prices (unrounded): $1.4000; ministry $1.4000 Source: ODB odb-formulary-ed43-extract-2026-08-26.xml extract_date=2026-08-26 DIN=02245898 Health Canada DPD extract of Sep 2, 2026 (Open Government Licence – Canada) · https://health-products.canada.ca/dpd-bdpp/info?lang=eng&code=70015
Interchangeable products
Androcur · DIN 00704431 · $1.4000 Med-Cyproterone · DIN 02390760 · $1.4000 Riva-Cyproterone · DIN 02395797 · $1.4000
Shortage status: not checked (no credentials)
Other drugs in the same formulary class (10:00 ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS) and how they are covered

Matched class: 10:00 ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS

Drug-class inventory only. Lists recorded Ontario formulary products, not every Canadian medication; does not recommend treatment. Covered without a code on the Ontario formulary: ABIRATERONE ACETATE, ALTRETAMINE, ANASTROZOLE, BUSERELIN ACETATE, BUSULFAN, CAPECITABINE, CHLORAMBUCIL, DAUNORUBICIN, DEGARELIX ACETATE, ETOPOSIDE, EXEMESTANE, FLUOROURACIL & SALICYLIC ACID, FULVESTRANT, GOSERELIN ACETATE, HYDROXYUREA, IMATINIB MESYLATE, LETROZOLE, LEUPROLIDE ACETATE, MELPHALAN, MERCAPTOPURINE, MITOTANE, PROCARBAZINE HCL, TEMOZOLOMIDE, THIOGUANINE, TRIPTORELIN PAMOATE Some products covered without a code (check the product listing): BICALUTAMIDE, CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE, FLUTAMIDE, LOMUSTINE (CCNU), MEGESTROL ACETATE, METHOTREXATE, TAMOXIFEN CITRATE, VINCRISTINE SULFATE 10:00 ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS

ABIRATERONE ACETATE

· 18 products · General benefit · strengths: 250mg, 500mg · Tab

ALTRETAMINE

· 1 products · General benefit · strengths: 50mg · Cap

ANASTROZOLE

· 17 products · General benefit · strengths: 1mg · Tab

BICALUTAMIDE

· 9 products · Listed, not a benefit (1), General benefit (8) · strengths: 50mg · Tab

BUSERELIN ACETATE

· 4 products · General benefit · strengths: 6.3mg, 9.45mg, 1mg/mL · Implant Kit, Inj Sol-5.5mL Pk, Nas Sp-10mL Pk

BUSULFAN

· 1 products · General benefit · strengths: 2mg · Tab

CAPECITABINE

· 15 products · General benefit · strengths: 150mg, 500mg · Tab

CHLORAMBUCIL

· 1 products · General benefit · strengths: 2mg · Tab

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE

· 3 products · General benefit (2), Listed, not a benefit (1) · strengths: 25mg, 50mg · Tab

DAUNORUBICIN

· 1 products · General benefit · strengths: · Inj Pd-20mg Pk

DEGARELIX ACETATE

· 2 products · General benefit · strengths: 80mg, 120mg · Pd for Inj-Vial Pk

ETOPOSIDE

· 1 products · General benefit · strengths: 50mg · Cap Source: formulary-ed43-front-matter.txt Part V; ODB odb-formulary-ed43-extract-2026-08-26.xml extract_date=2026-08-26; class 10:00 and 34 more
Full class listing Related classes: Same formulary class, not same indication: class membership alone does not establish equivalent uses.
What the Health Canada label says it is for
1. INDICATIONS ANDROCUR (cyproterone acetate) is indicated for: • the palliative treatment of patients with advanced prostatic carcinoma https://pdf.hres.ca/dpd_pm/00080518.PDF PM date: APR 26, 1985 Source product: ANDROCUR; DIN 00704431; fetched 2026-09-10 Product monograph posted by Health Canada; excerpt for lookup only.