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Also known as U-8471, 11beta-Hydroxy-6alpha-methylpregn-4-ene-3,20-dione

Medrysone (INN, USAN; brand names HMS, Medrocort, others; former developmental code NSC-63278; also known as hydroxymethylprogesterone, methylhydroxyprogesterone, hydroxymesterone, 6α-methyl-11β-hydroxyprogesterone, or 6α-methyl-11β-hydroxypregn-4-ene-3,20-dione) is a synthetic glucocorticoid that is or has been used in the treatment of inflammatory eye diseases. It has been discontinued in the United States. Although it is very similar in structure to progesterone, neither progestogenic nor androgenic activity has been demonstrated for or attributed to medrysone.

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344.235
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chemical formula
C₂₂H₃₂O₃
canonical SMILES
CC1CC2C3CCC(C3(CC(C2C4(C1=CC(=O)CC4)C)O)C)C(=O)C
isomeric SMILES
C[C@H]1C[C@H]2[C@@H]3CC[C@@H]([C@]3(C[C@@H]([C@@H]2[C@@]4(C1=CC(=O)CC4)C)O)C)C(=O)C
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Medrysone (INN, USAN; brand names HMS, Medrocort, others; former developmental code NSC-63278; also known as hydroxymethylprogesterone, methylhydroxyprogesterone, hydroxymesterone, 6α-methyl-11β-hydroxyprogesterone, or 6α-methyl-11β-hydroxypregn-4-ene-3,20-dione) is a synthetic glucocorticoid that is or has been used in the treatment of inflammatory eye diseases. It has been discontinued in the United States. Although it is very similar in structure to progesterone, neither progestogenic nor androgenic activity has been demonstrated for or attributed to medrysone.

==Environmental presence== In 2021, medrysone was one of the 12 compounds identified in sludge samples taken from 12 wastewater treatment plants in California that were associated with estrogenic activity in in vitro.

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