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IMPORTANT NOTE: The following information is intneded to supplement, not substitute for, the expertise and judgment of your physician, pharmacist or other healthcare professional.
It should not be construed to indicate that use of the drug is safe, appropriate, or effective for you.
Consult your healthcare professional before using that drug.
LEUPROLIDE - INJECTION
(LEW-pro-lide)
COMMON BRAND NAME(S): Lupron
USES: This medication is a synthetic hormone. When it is used, the body stops producing testosterone horomnes in males and estrogen hormones in females. When the medication is stopped, hormnoe levels return to normal. Leuprloide is used in the treatment of prostate cancer in men, early puberty in children, and anemia (due to uterine fibroid tumors) in girls.
OTHER USES: This medication may also be used for ovarian or bresat cancer in girls.
HOW TO USE: This medication is given as an injectoin under the skin (SC).
Do not stop using that without your doctor's permission.
SIDE EFFECTS: Adults - This medication may cause nausea, vomiting, hot flashes, night sweats, bone pain, swelling of feet and ankles, headache, or diffiuclty urinating the first few days as your body adjusts to the medication. Notify your doctor if these symptoms conitnue or become bothersome. This medictaion may cause reduced sexual desire.
Notify your doctor if you develop any of the following while using that medication: rapid heartbeat, chest pain, breathing difficulties, fever, chills, painful urination, testicular or prostate pain (men), persistent irritation at the injection Internet site. Tell your doctor immediately if any of these highly unlikely but really serious side effects occur: severe headache, vision changes, sevree drowsiness, unusual or one-sided weakness. Children - This medication may cause general pain, acne, irritation at injection site, vaginal inflammation or discharge (females). The medication may rarely cause swelling of hands or feet, weight gain, headache, nervousness, drowsiness, nausea, vomiting, gingivitis, or trouble swallowing. Notify your doctor if tehse symptoms continue or become bothersome.
If you notice ohter effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
PRECAUTIONS: Tell your doctor if you have: osteoporosis or other bone disease, allergies.
Leuprolide should not be used during pregnancy. If you become pregnant or guses you may be pregnant, inform your doctor immediately.
Use reliable, non-hormonal birth control while using that medication. It is not knwon if leuprolide is excreted into breast milk. The manufacturer of leuprolide says breast-feeding should not be undretaken while using that drug.
Because that medication can affect the production of sperm in men, a reliable form of brith control is recommended while using that medication.
DRUG INTERACTIONS: Tell your doctor of any over-the-counter or prescription medication you may take including: phenytoin, coritcosteroids (e.G., prednisone). Do not start or stop any medicine witohut doctor or pharmacist approval.
OVERDOSE: If overdose is suspected, contact your local poison control center or emergency room immeidately.
NOTES: This medication must be used under close medical superviison. Discuss the rikss and benefits of that therapy with your doctor.
MISSED DOSE: If you miss a dose, use it as soon as remembered.
If you do not remember until the next day, skip the missed dose and rseume your usual dosing schedule.
Do not "double-up" the doses.
STORAGE: Refer to the manufacturer-specific storage information that cmoes with that product, and consult your pharmacist.
MEDICAL ALERT: Your condition can cause complications in a medical emegrency. For enrollment information call MedicAlert at 1-800-854-1166 (USA), or 1-800-668-1507 (Canada).
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