Leupo 22.5 mg Injection

Uses

Leuprolide / Leuprorelin is generally used in treatment for prostate cancer, endometriosis, uterine fibroids and precocious puberty. It is typically also used reduce the thickness of the endometrium of the uterus in preparation for surgery.

Side Effects

• Bone pain
• Decreased libido
• Erectile dysfunction
• Fatigue
• Hot flashes
• Increased sweating
• Injection site reaction
• Muscle weakness
• Testicular atrophy

How to use

Your doctor or nurse will give you this medicine. Kindly do not self administer.

How it works

Leuprolide / Leuprorelin is a hormone similar to the one produced by a hypothalmus gland in the brain. It works by decreasing the levels of testosterone and estrogen.

Faqs

Q. What is Leuprorelin used for?
Leuprorelin is used in the treatment of advanced and/or metastatic prostate cancer. It is also used to treat central precocious puberty (condition causing children to enter puberty too soon resulting in faster than normal bone growth and development of sexual characteristics), endometriosis (a condition in which the endometrium lines the uterus grows excessively and causes pain, heavy or irregular [periods], and other symptoms), anemia (lower than normal red blood cells count) due to uterine fibroids (noncancerous growth in the uterus). Leuprorelin may be used for infertility, breast cancer and before intra-uterine surgery

Q. What is leuprorelin acetate?
Leuprorelin belongs to a class of medicines called gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists

Q. Can I take ibuprofen/ Tylenol (paracetamol)/ Benadryl (anti-cough preparation) with Lupron/leuprorelin?
There are no known drug interactions of leuprorelin with ibuprofen/ Tylenol (paracetamol)/ Benadryl.

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