Desoxycorticosterone acetate explained

Desoxycorticosterone acetate (also known as DOCA and 11-deoxycorticosterone 21-acetate and sold under the brand names Percorten Acetate and Decosterone, among others) is a mineralocorticoid medication and a mineralocorticoid ester.^{[1] [2]} It is formulated as an oil solution and is administered once daily by intramuscular injection.^[3] The medication is the C21 acetate ester of 11-deoxycorticosterone.

Notes and References

1. Book: J. Elks. The Dictionary of Drugs: Chemical Data: Chemical Data, Structures and Bibliographies. 14 November 2014. Springer. 978-1-4757-2085-3. 665–.
2. Book: Swiss Pharmaceutical Society. Index Nominum 2000: International Drug Directory. 2000. Taylor & Francis. 978-3-88763-075-1. 306–307.
3. Chien YW . Long-acting parenteral drug formulations . J Parenter Sci Technol . 35 . 3 . 106–39 . 1981 . 6113276 .