Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A drug that is a synthetic polypeptide analog of naturally occurring gonadotropin-releasing hormone, C29H84N16O12, used in its acetate form to treat advanced prostate cancer.
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- noun
leuprorelin
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Dr. Richard Bowen, a family practitioner in Florida, stumbled on the approach when a patient noted that her husband's Alzheimer's hadn't worsened for five years, since he had begun taking a hormone treatment called leuprolide for his prostate cancer.
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Unlike luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonists, such as leuprolide, an established treatment for prostate cancer, FIRMAGON does not induce an initial testosterone surge.
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Unlike luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonists, such as leuprolide, an established treatment for prostate cancer, FIRMAGON does not induce an initial testosterone surge.
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(LHRH) agonists, such as leuprolide, an established treatment for prostate cancer, FIRMAGON does not induce an initial testosterone surge.
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Unlike luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonists, such as leuprolide, an established treatment for prostate cancer, FIRMAGON does not induce an initial testosterone surge.
unknown title 2009
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• Pituitary down-regulators, also called Zoladex, or goserelin, and Lupron leuprolide.
The 10 Best Questions Dede Bonner 2008
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• Pituitary down-regulators, also called Zoladex, or goserelin, and Lupron leuprolide.
The 10 Best Questions Dede Bonner 2008
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Drugs in this category include danazol (Danocrine), leuprolide acetate (the same medicines used to treat endometriosis), and a promising new treatment called LHRH.
Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000
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The drugs most commonly used for this purpose include danazol (Danocrine) and leuprolide acetate (Lupron, Synarel, Zoladex).
Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000
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To make treatment even easier, drugs such as leuprolide can be taken for three to five months before surgery.
Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000
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