Prescribing
leuprolide to treat a paraphilic disorder falls under FDA guidelines regarding the use of an approved drug for an "off-label" indication, and therefore is not considered investigational.
At current prices, elagolix treatment is substantially less expensive than treatment with
leuprolide or nafarelin.
Leuprolide was chosen based on the ability to manipulate circulating testosterone levels, decreased side effects compared to diethylstilbestrol, convenient dosing, and the ability to titrate the medication.
Dolinko and Ginsburg presented a similar case of a 69-year-old woman where they failed to locate the elevated androgen source and the patient was treated with
leuprolide [9].
Vazquez et al., "Ulipristal acetate versus
leuprolide acetate for uterine fibroids," New England Journal of Medicine, vol.
After 4 weeks of administration of
leuprolide, depressive symptoms had developed among most of the women in the study.
One of the patients used triptorelin acetate and the others used
leuprolide acetate.
This turkey was treated with the same regimen of
leuprolide acetate and deslorelin acetate implants at the same time intervals as the turkey in case 1.
KEY WORDS: Abnormal uterine bleeding, leiomyoma, leukemia,
leuprolide acetate
Head of Iran's Polymer and Petrochemical Institute Mehdi Nekoumanesh, while announcing the unveiling process of
leuprolide acetate, said it is a one-month injecting drug for prostate cancer which is the same as the American drug with the same application, the MNA said in a report.
In order to shrink the tumor in her genito pelvic region so that it could be extirpated with the highest likelihood of success, the patient was treated with gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (
leuprolide acetate, 3.75 mg/month for 4 months).