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What is Leuprolide?

Leuprolide is used to overstimulate the body's own production of certain hormones, which causes that production to shut down temporarily. It reduces the amount of testosterone in men or estrogen in women. It is used in men to treat the symptoms of prostate cancer.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Fibroids 5 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Other 3 0
Prostate Cancer 3 2 Efficacy_cant_tell
Androgen Deficiency 1 0
Acute Intermittent Porphyria 1 0
Breast Cancer 1 0

See all 9 patients currently taking Leuprolide

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 3
Moderate
 2
Mild
 0
None
 0

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Leuprolide

Fatigue 1
Atrophy of muscles 1
Weight gain 1
Hot flashes 1
Weakness in arms 1
Loss of energy 1
See all 13 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

  45mg/6months as needed as needed 3.75 mg monthly 11.25 mg/3 months every 3 months 22.5 mg/3 months every 12 weeks 80 mg every 3 months
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Leuprolide (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 4   Course of treatment ended: 57%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 29%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 29%
Other 2   Other: 29%

See all 7 patients who’ve stopped taking Leuprolide

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Leuprolide

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Leuprolide

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Leuprolide

Always
 5 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Leuprolide

Very
 1 20%
Somewhat
 1 20%
A little
 1 20%
Not at all
 2 40%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Leuprolide

$200+
 2 100%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 0 0%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.