This result was particularly significant for patients cotreated with megestrol acetate.

Ongoing studies have been designed to better study the appetite-enhancing effects of megestrol acetate.

Aim: To study the impurity in the drug megestrol acetate.

Our objective was to evaluate the antiemetic ability of megestrol acetate in patients receiving chemotherapy.

Results: Two new epimers were isolated from the mother liquid of the drug megestrol acetate.