Androcur 10mg (which contains cyproteronacetate) is being discontinued by Bayer because it isn't economical for them to produce anymore. I hate it. It's the anti androgen that's pretty much the standard for feminizing hormone therapy here in Germany and I believe even in Europe.
Edit: here is the email in German that they sent me after I asked them through their contact form: 
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Ekybio@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y
Do you have a source for that? Because that would really be quite bad...
Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 1y
I added a screenshot of their email. It is in German though
Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 1y
I asked through their contact form.
Ekybio@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Thanks for the clarification, though this is indeed quite bad news :/
schlecknits@feddit.org · 13 pts · 1y
10mg were unfortunatly never avaiable in Austria - shame that now production ends Germany as well.
We have 50mg tablets, which isn't a dose recommended for transfemmes so every 4 doses you have to split them one of them using a tablet slicer. It's tedious, but it works.
faercol@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 1y
Isn't it not really advised because of side effects?
In France for example it's really not standard at all, and decapeptyl or bica are used more often.
starflower@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Nah all my friends r on androcur and it seems to be good
0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1y
it can cause brain tumors and has some other issues too. others are preferable
0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
diy injections or bica, or cypro 50mg divided into 4 taken daily or every other day.
Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y
I'm not doing DIY and I have to get my prescription from my endo. She suggested to switch to spiro. I suggested to her to prescribe 50 mg to quarter them but I don't have an answer yet.
0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y
I personally really don't like Spiro due to its side effects and lack of good T blocking
Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
Yes that's why I really want to stay on cypro
dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y
Would bicalutamide be an option? It's a very effective anti-androgen with minimal risk and potentially no side effects.
(Unrelated, but bica ultimately didn't work for me, I suspect because it didn't act as much on the Central Nervous System, so my biochemical dysphoria wasn't helped by it and that was the main reason I wanted an anti-androgen. I switched to monotherapy and that has been better.)
Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y
I appreciate the help but that was 3 months ago and it's already resolved 😅 (I can stay on cypro)
dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1y
That's great news!
SquishedFly@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Oh that explains why I hate to cut a pill into 4 that only has one breaking line