13 Facts About Chemical castration

Chemical castration is generally reversible when treatment is discontinued, although permanent effects in body chemistry can sometimes be seen, as in the case of bone density loss increasing with length of use of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate.

Chemical castration was often seen as an easier alternative to life imprisonment or the death penalty because it allowed the release of the convicted.

Chemical castration therapy reduces an individual's libido which then makes some offenders more responsive to the introduction of psychotherapy.

The chemical castration punishment carried by specifically appointed physician in central government-run or local government-run hospital, and witnessed by witnesses from Attorney General, Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Ministry of Social Affairs, and Ministry of Health.

Legislation allowing chemical castration exists in France, the United Kingdom, Poland, Russia, North Macedonia, Belgium and Turkey.

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The Chemical castration is intended to be voluntarily, where as for the child molesters that repeat the criminal act it should be mandatory.

Chemical castration died two years later, with the inquest returning a verdict of suicide.

Chemical castration was given a posthumous Royal Pardon in December 2013.

Law allowing voluntary chemical castration was created in the UK in 2007 by then home secretary John Reid.

Chemical castration was jailed for a minimum of 10 years at the High Court in Glasgow.

Chemical castration was found not guilty by a jury, which was not informed of the context of his previous offenses.

Major medical use of chemical castration is in the treatment of hormone-dependent cancers, such as some prostate cancer, where it has largely replaced the practice of surgical castration.

Chemical castration involves the administration of antiandrogen drugs, such as cyproterone acetate, flutamide, or gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists.