# OnCo record metyrapone (drug). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/drugs/metyrapone/>
  a schema:Drug ;
  onco:kind "drug" ;
  schema:identifier "metyrapone" ;
  schema:name "Metyrapone"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "Metyrapone capsules"@en, "Metopirone" ;
  schema:description "Metyrapone is an older tablet that blocks cortisol production in the adrenal glands. It is used to bring cortisol down quickly in Cushing's disease before or after pituitary surgery, and in the United States mainly as a diagnostic test."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/drugs/metyrapone/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-17"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:sameAs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metyrapone> ;
  schema:citation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metyrapone> ;
  onco:status "established" ;
  onco:tag "subtype-drugs-wave" ;
  onco:modality "Oral 11-beta-hydroxylase inhibitor" ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/drugs/osilodrostat/> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/pituitary-tumours/> .