About Your Treatment
Your doctor has ordered the drug leuprolide to help treat your illness. Leuprolide comes as a solution (Lupron) that is injected subcutaneously (just under the skin) and is usually given once daily. Leuprolide also comes as a long-acting suspension (Eligard) that is injected subcutaneously and is usually given every 1, 3, 4, or 6 months. This medication also comes as a long-acting suspension that is injected intramuscularly (into a muscle) and is usually given once a month (Lupron Depot, Lupron Depot-PED) or every few months (Lupron Depot-3 month, Lupron Depot-4 month). Leuprolide is also available as an implant (a small, thin metal tube containing medication) (Viadur) that is inserted under the skin and is usually given once a year.
Leuprolide is used to treat:
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About Your Treatment
Your doctor has ordered the drug leuprolide to help treat your illness. Leuprolide comes as a solution (Lupron) that is injected subcutaneously (just under the skin) and is usually given once daily. Leuprolide also comes as a long-acting suspension (Eligard) that is injected subcutaneously and is usually given every 1, 3, 4, or 6 months. This medication also comes as a long-acting suspension that is injected intramuscularly (into a muscle) and is usually given once a month (Lupron Depot, Lupron Depot-PED) or every few months (Lupron Depot-3 month, Lupron Depot-4 month). Leuprolide is also available as an implant (a small, thin metal tube containing medication) (Viadur) that is inserted under the skin and is usually given once a year.
Leuprolide is used to treat:
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Other Uses
This medication is sometimes prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.
Overdose
In case of overdose, call your local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222. If the victim has collapsed or is not breathing, call local emergency services at 911.
Precautions
Before taking leuprolide,
tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to leuprolide; any of the ingredients in leuprolide injection or implant; other gonadotropin-releasing hormones including gonadorelin hydrochloride (Factrel), goserelin (Zoladex), or nafarelin (Synarel); any other medications; or benzyl alcohol. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure if a medication you are allergic to is a gonadotropin-releasing hormone. Ask your pharmacist for a list of ingredients in leuprolide injection and leuprolide implant.
tell your doctor and pharmacist what prescription and nonprescription medications, nutritional supplements, and herbal products you are taking or plan to take. Be sure to mention aluminum-containing antacids; cancer chemotherapy corticosteroids such as dexamethasone (Decadron, Dexone), methylprednisolone (Medrol), and prednisone (Deltasone); cyclosporine (Neoral, Restasis, ...
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Possible Side Effects
Leuprolide may cause side effects. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:
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Special Instructions
Keep all appointments with your doctor and the laboratory. Your doctor will order certain lab tests to check your body's response to leuprolide.
Before having any laboratory tests, tell your doctor and the laboratory personnel that you are using leuprolide.
If you are receiving your leuprolide injections at home, do not run out of leuprolide. Tell your pharmacist when you will need more leuprolide so that it will be at the pharmacy when you need it.
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Storage Conditions
If you are receiving leuprolide injections at home, keep leuprolide in the carton it came in and out of reach of children. Keep syringes and needles out of reach of children. Store leuprolide at room temperature and away from light, excess heat (such as a radiator) and moisture (not in the bathroom). Do not allow leuprolide to freeze. Throw away any medication that is outdated or no longer needed. Talk to your pharmacist about the proper disposal of your medication.
