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Leuprorelin, also known as leuprolide, is a manufactured version of a hormone used to treat prostate cancer, breast cancer, endometriosis, uterine fibroids, for early puberty, or as part of transgender hormone therapy. [10] [11] It is given by injection into a muscle or under the skin. [10]
The leuprorelin is given by intramuscular injection and the norethisterone acetate is taken by mouth. [1] The co-packaged medication was approved for medical use in the United States in December 2012. [2]
Dosage [b] Estradiol: Various: Estrogen: Oral: 2–10 mg/day Various: Estrogen: Sublingual: 1–8 mg/day Climara [c] Estrogen: TD patch: 25–400 μg/day Divigel [c] Estrogen: TD gel: 0.5–5 mg/day Various: Estrogen: SC implant: 50–200 mg every 6–24 mos Estradiol valerate: Progynova: Estrogen: Oral: 2–10 mg/day Progynova: Estrogen ...
Puberty blockers (also called puberty inhibitors or hormone blockers) are medicines used to postpone puberty in children. The most commonly used puberty blockers are gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists, which suppress the natural production of sex hormones, such as androgens (e.g. testosterone) and estrogens (e.g. estradiol).
Clark's rule is a medical term referring to a mathematical formula used to calculate the proper dosage of medicine for children aged 2–17 based on the weight of the patient and the appropriate adult dose. [1] The formula was named after Cecil Belfield Clarke (1894–1970), a Barbadian physician who practiced throughout the UK, the West Indies ...
Some patients request to be switched to a different narcotic due to stigma associated with a particular drug (e.g. a patient refusing methadone due to its association with opioid addiction treatment). [4] Equianalgesic charts are also used when calculating an equivalent dosage of the same drug, but with a different route of administration.
IM Tooltip Intramuscular or SC injection: Estradiol valerate – – 4 mg 1x/4 weeks Estradiol cypionate: 1 mg 1x/3–4 weeks: 3 mg 1x/3–4 weeks: 5 mg 1x/3–4 weeks Estradiol benzoate: 0.5 mg 1x/week: 1 mg 1x/week: 1.5 mg 1x/week SC implant: Estradiol: 25 mg 1x/6 months: 50 mg 1x/6 months: 100 mg 1x/6 months
Gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT), also called hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or transgender hormone therapy, is a form of hormone therapy in which sex hormones and other hormonal medications are administered to transgender or gender nonconforming individuals for the purpose of more closely aligning their secondary sexual characteristics with their gender identity.