ELIGARD 45MG 6-MONTHS DEPOT PD. FOR SC INJ. (N/A)

Leuprorelin (leuprolide acetate) is a gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogue used to treat a wide range of sex hormone-related disorders including advanced prostatic cancer endometriosis and precocious puberty. It acts primarily on the anterior pituitary inducing a transient early rise in gonadotrophin release. With continued use leuprorelin causes pituitary desensitisation and/or down-regulation leading to suppressed circulating levels of gonadotrophins and sex hormones.