Recent news on Leuprorelin

LHRH-Analogues Beneficial in Premenopausal Women With Hormone ...  -  May 22, 2007
Medscape (subscription)The LHRH-agonist used most often was goserelin (in 13 trials), but 2 trials used triptorelin and 1 trial used leuprorelin. Most of the trials continued

Ovarian Suppression Has Role in Premenopausal Breast Cancer Therapy  -  May 18, 2007
MedPage Today,Previous studies have looked at the effects of LHRH agonists such as goserelin (Zoladex) or leuprorelin (Lupron) alone or in combination with tamoxifen and

Actos drives growth at Takeda but Januvia threat is hovering  -  May 11, 2007
Pharma Times (subscription),Turnover from the prostate cancer treatment Leuplin (leuprorelin) was up 4.2% to 127.5 billion yen. New products Rozerem (ramelteon) for sleeping disorders

Mixing Adjuvant Therapies Prolongs Early Breast Cancer Survival  -  Apr 4, 2007
Psychiatric Times,The hormone agonists used were 3.6 mg of goserelin (Zoladex) and 3.75 mg of leuprorelin acetate (Lupron). Neither is FDA approved for the treatment of early

Pine Bark Significantly Reduces Endometriosis, New Study Finds  -  Mar 13, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Patients who received the Gn-RHa therapy received injected leuprorelin acetate depot, 3.75 mg intracutaneously, six times every four weeks for 24 weeks.

More evidence for Pycnogenol endometriosis benefit  -  Mar 9, 2007
NutraIngredients-usa.com,The other group received 3.75mg injections of the goadotropin-releasing hormone agent (Gn-RHa) leuprorelin six times every four weeks, for 24 weeks.

Study: Pine Bark Significantly Reduces Endometriosis  -  Mar 7, 2007
NPIcenter (press release),...(Leuprorelin treatment completely blocks estrogen in the body and must be discontinued after 24 weeks because of side effects).

McMaster Lab Protein Study Targets Huntington's  -  Feb 28, 2007
Photonics.com,...“They used testosterone release inhibitors such as the compound leuprorelin to dramatically reduce the level of circulating testosterone.

Opinions from the medical fringe should come with a health warning  -  Feb 23, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,...which a child died in 2005, under the care of another activist doctor) and "chemical castration" of children using leuprorelin, a testosterone blocker.

Sales strong for Takeda but pressure to expand is on  -  Feb 1, 2007
Pharma Times (subscription),Turnover from the prostate cancer treatment Leuplin (leuprorelin) sneaked up 1.1% to 96.5 billion yen. New products Rozerem (ramelteon) for sleeping

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