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SC-8246 (16-alpha chlorestrone 3-methyl ether) was administered for periods of six to twelve months to 20 male survivors of acute myocardial infarction ranging in age from 30 to 63 years. A significant decrease in serum cholesterol concentration occurred in only 6 of 13 patients with an initial cholesterol level above 250 mg. per 100 ml., and there was no change in the other 7. Of 7 initial cholesterol levels below 250 mg. per 100 ml., no level decreased, 3 increased, and 4 were unchanged. In 9 of 11 patients with an initial alpha:beta lipoprotein ratio of less than 20 per cent, a significant increase occurred, but no change in the other 2. Among 9 subjects with a ratio initially above 20 per cent, a further increase occurred in 8 while taking the drug. This estrogen appeared to have an advantage in terms of lessening side-effects. Mild breast tenderness or gynecomastia occurred in 15 of the 17 patients with a "favorable" lipoprotein change. When the dosage was reduced to 5 mg. daily or every other day, the lipoprotein effect in 8 of them could be sustained while the breast changes disappeared. Libido disappeared from 2 patients and was diminished in 1 other. Other side-effects were nausea in 1 patient, loss of ambition in 5, and itching or dryness of the skin in 4.
