"And then I asked around and someone told me they were all taking a drug called Oradexon, which is the same preparation used for cows on farms, to make them fatter.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

The horror is a drug called Oradexon; a drug identical to one used to fatten cattle.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

DEXAMETHASONE phosphate (Decadron (R), Oradexon (R).).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

In a report published in April the organization said it had found that "Oradexon is used by almost 90 per cent of girls in most brothels in Bangladesh and found the age range of girls who take the drug is 15-35 years.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Cow Steroids Rampant In Bangladeshi Sex Industry] Reference

He says Oradexon can be extremely dangerous for healthy young women.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

Juaina thinks Oradexon keeps her looking good, which is why she's going to go on taking it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

She has been taking Oradexon for five years, and though she says she was thin once, she is heavy and swollen now.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

I spend my last morning in Bangladesh here, much of it with Payel, who is 15 and has been taking Oradexon for several months.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

Like the other girls, she is given Oradexon by her madam - some of the girls say they have tried refusing, but have been told they must take it, to make them look "fairer".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

But no one thinks this will be an easy battle, because for the madams there are clear advantages in having workers on Oradexon - dissuading them from getting their girls to use the drug will be tough.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

No one is quite sure how long Oradexon has been a feature of life in the brothels, but it has been a while; long enough for the sardarni, or brothel caretakers, to have found out that there can be long-term health implications, and to have chosen to ignore them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

90 percent of them may be addicted to Oradexon or similar steroids, according to British charity ActionAid.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medindia Health News] Reference

Oradexon (R).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 9] Reference

Dexamethasone = Decadron, Oradexon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 17] Reference