Triptorelin

Drug Status in USA : Approved
Drug Status in Canada : Approved

Indication : Why is this medication prescribed?

Endometriosis and uterine fibroids. Female infertility. Precocious puberty. Prostatic cancer.

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, lactation and children.

Other Precaution to be observed while taking this medication

Patients with pituitary adenoma, weight related amenorrhoea. Polycystic ovary disease or endometriotic cysts, metabolic bone disease.

What are possible side effects of this medication ?

Hot flushes, weight gain, sleep disturbances, headache, hypertension, weight gain, decreased libido, abnormal vision, mood disorders, nausea, abdominal pain or discomfort, rash and impotence. Transient pain, redness or local inflammation at the injection site. Gynaecomastia, vertigo and dizziness. Dysmenorrhoea with heavy menstrual bleeding or spotting. Sweating, vaginal dryness, dyspareunia, breast pain, hair loss, small loss in bone density. Precocious puberty. Anaphylactic shock.

Drug Category/Class

  • Luteolytic Agents
  • Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents
  • Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Analogues
  • Hormones and Related Agents
  • Endocrine Therapy
  • Pituitary and Hypothalamic Hormones and Analogues
  • Systemic Hormonal Preparations, Excl. Sex Hormones and Insulins
  • Hypothalamic Hormones
  • Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormones
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
  • Gonadotropin releasing hormone a
Prescribed Triptorelin is indicated for the palliative treatment of advanced prostate cancer.
Weight :1311.473
Structure Triptorelin
Generic Drug Triptorelin prescribed Triptorelin is indicated for the palliative treatment of advanced prostate cancer.
Formula

C64H82N18O13

Triptorelin has 4 Brands listed


Decapeptyl (0.1 mg)Decapeptyl Depot (3.75 mg)
Gonapeptyl (0.5 mg)Tryplog (0.5 mg)

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