Drug Status in USA : Approved Drug Status in Canada : Approved
Indication : Why is this medication prescribed?
Palliative treatment of prostatic carcinoma.
Contraindication: What are the special precautions to be followed?
Under following conditions, use of this medication is inadvisable. Its use should be withhold as it would cause harm to the patient Hypersensitivity. Pregnancy and lactation.
Other Precaution to be observed while taking this medication
Urinary tract obstruction or spinal cord compression.
What are possible side effects of this medication ?
Headache, emotional lability, depression, insomnia, diaphoresis, dizziness, breast swelling/tenderness, inj site reactions. Anaphylaxis.
Drug Category/Class
Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Analogues
Hormones and Related Agents
Endocrine Therapy
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
Gonadotropin releasing hormone analogues
Prescribed
Used to treat hormone-sensitive cancers of the breast (in pre- and peri- menopausal women) and prostate, and some benign gynaecological disorders (...