NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treatment with CDB-2914, a drug that blocks the effects of the hormone progesterone, can markedly reduce the size of uterine fibroids tumors, benign growths that can cause bleeding and affect fertility, new research shows. Dr. Lynnette K. Nieman, from the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, and colleagues believe that CDB-2914 may be safer than other medical treatments for fibroids because the anti-hormone effect is relatively specific.
