1.To try to control the number of bears in captivity, Mica had been given a contraceptive called megestrol acetate, which is used extensively in veterinary medicine but not widely studied in bears.

2.The price of megestrol, a generic drug used to treat breast cancer symptoms, was posted at $55.68, but RxAmerica was paying more than five times that amount.

3.Still, records show all of the center’s female bears were on a megestrol regimen a year later.

4.Bears now are given megestrol for shorter periods of time, and there haven’t been additional complications, she said.

5.The doctor gave me megestrol, an appetite stimulant, which seems to be working.

医生给我开了能刺激食欲的甲地孕酮看起来起作用了。