trade name: Oxandrin; drug class: androgenic anabolic steroid (Controlled Substance Schedule III); action: reverses catabolic tissue processes; promotes build-up of protein; increases erythropoietin production; uses: treating catabolic or tissue-wasting processes, such as extensive surgery, burns, infection, or trauma; HIV wasting syndrome; Turner’s syndrome.

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