Drug details
Eligard (leuprolide acetate)
type of Antineoplastics, GNRH Agonists
Eligard (leuprolide acetate) is a man-made form of a hormone that regulates many processes in the body used
in men to treat the symptoms of prostate cancer. Eligard is used
in women to treat symptoms of endometriosis (overgrowth of uterine lining outside of the uterus) or uterine fibroids, and is also used to treat precocious (early-onset) puberty in both male and female children.
The drug is often used to treat Endometriosis , Prostate cancer .
This drug may have the following side effects:
- hives,
- difficulty breathing,
- swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat,
- nausea,
- fever,
- numbness,
- pain spreading to your jaw or shoulder,
- seizure,
- dry mouth,
- swelling,
- wheezing,
- sweating,
- weakness,
- sore throat,
- skin pain,
- increased thirst,
- increased urination,
- fruity breath odor,
- painful or difficult urination,
- rapid weight gain,
- sudden numbness or weakness (especially on one side of the body),
- hunger,
- burning in your eyes,
- unusual changes in mood or behavior,
- dry cough or hack,
- red or purple skin rash that spreads and causes blistering and peeling,
- sudden chest pain or discomfort,
- bone pain,
- crying spells,
- loss of movement in any part of your body,
- anger,
- feeling irritable,
- pain or unusual sensation in your back,
- tingly feeling in your legs or feet,
- muscle weakness or loss of use,
- loss of bowel or bladder control,
- sudden severe headache, and
- slurred speech
The following drugs are related to Eligard, either as a replacement or used together:
- Tymlos (abaloparatide injection)
- Plenaxis (abarelix)
- Zytiga (abiraterone acetate tablets)
- Akeega (niraparib and abiraterone acetate tablets)
- Axumin (fluciclovine f 18 intravenous injection)
- Casodex (bicalutamide)
- Jevtana (cabazitaxel injection)
- Camcevi (leuprolide mesylate injectable emulsion)
- Firmagon (degarelix for injection)
- Emcyt (estramustine)
- Xtandi (enzalutamide capsules)
- Fensolvi (leuprolide acetate for injectable suspension, for subcutaneous use)
- Posluma (flotufolastat f 18 injection)
- Zoladex 10.8 mg (goserelin acetate implant)
- Zoladex 3.6 (goserelin acetate implant)
- Vantas (histrelin acetate)
- Lupron Depot 11.25 mg (leuprolide acetate for depot suspension)
- Lupron Depot 7.5 mg (leuprolide acetate for depot suspension)
- Lupron Depot (leuprolide acetate for depot suspension)
- Lutrate Depot (leuprolide acetate for depot suspension)
- Lupron Depot 22.5 (leuprolide acetate for depot suspension injection)
- Viadur (leuprolide acetate implant)
- Lupron (leuprolide acetate injection)
- Lupron Depot 3.75 mg (leuprolide acetate injection)
- Pluvicto (lutetium lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan)
- Nilandron (nilutamide tablets)
- Xofigo (radium ra 223 dichloride)
- Trelstar (triptorelin pamoate for injectable suspension)
- Trelstar Depot (triptorelin pamoate for injectable suspension)
- Trelstar LA (triptorelin pamoate for injectable suspension)
- Zometa (zoledronic acid for inj)