Prescription
Anti-cancer hormone therapy (androgen biosynthesis inhibitor)
Abiraterone Acetate
Last reviewed April 2026
Who is this for?
What is this drug?
Abiraterone acetate is a cancer drug that works by blocking your body from making male hormones (like testosterone) that help prostate cancer grow, essentially starving the cancer of the fuel it needs to spread.
What is it used for?
Advanced prostate cancer (cancer of the male reproductive gland)especially when the cancer has spread to other parts of the body or is no longer responding to other hormone treatments
Prescription Required
A doctor's prescription is required to obtain this drug legally.