Pharm: leuprolide Flashcards

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MOA

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GnRH analog
Agonist when pulsatile
Antagonist when continuous
(downreg GnRH receptor in pit -> low FSH/LH)

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Clinical use

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Pulsatile: infertility

Continous:

  • prostate cancer (+flutamide)
  • uterine fibroids
  • precocious puberty
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Toxicity

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Antiandrogen
Nausea,
Vomiting

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