Endometriosis : Drugs
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Endometriosis is a condition in which bits of tissue similar to the lining of the uterus (endometrium) grow in other parts of the body (and within the uterus). Like the uterine lining, this tissue builds up and sheds in response to monthly hormona...
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Endometriosis is a condition in which bits of the tissue similar to the lining of the uterus (endometrium) grow in other parts of the body. Like the uterine lining, this tissue builds up and sheds in response to monthly hormonal cycles. However, t...
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A synthetic androgenic anabolic steroid hormone.
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Danazol is a synthetic androgen hormone that the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approved in 1976. It is also known by its trade name, Danocrine.
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Danazol is a man-made form of a steroid. Danazol affects the ovaries and pituitary gland
and prevents the release of certain hormones in the body.
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Letrozole lowers estrogen levels in postmenopausal women, which may slow the growth
of certain types of breast tumors that need estrogen to grow in the body.
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Goserelin is a man-made protein that is like a hormone in the body called
gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). Goserelin decreases levels of testosterone in men and
estrogen in women.
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Synthetic analog of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH, luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone, gonadorelin); used as an antineoplastic agent and for its endocrine effects.
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Goserelin acetate is a synthetic (man-made) hormone that acts similarly to the naturally occurring gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). It is available in the United States under the tradename Zoladex.
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Antineoplastic agent; selective aromatase inhibitor.
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Antineoplastic agent and gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist; a synthetic nonapeptide analog of naturally occurring GnRH (luteinizing hormone releasing hormone [LHRH], gonadorelin).
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Leuprolide acetate is a synthetic (man-made) hormone that acts similarly to the naturally occurring gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH). It is available under the tradename Lupron.
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Nafarelin nasal is a man-made form of a protein that is like a hormone in the body that
helps regulate the menstrual cycle, fertility, and sexual development during puberty.
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Leuprolide is a man-made form of a hormone that regulates many processes in the body.
Leuprolide overstimulates the body's own production of certain hormones, which causes that
production to shut down temporarily. Leuprolide reduces the amount of testosterone in men or
estrogen in women.
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