Lupron Depot: Worth the Side Effects?
March 12, 2009 by Peggy Rowland
Filed under Women's Health
Lupron Depot is one of the few drugs that will cause your doc to say, “You will have side effects.”
Lupron is prescribed for women in cases of severe endometriosis (often referred to as endo), fibroids and sometimes before fertility treatments. For men, it’s used to treat prostate cancer, but I’m not covering that use in this post.
The medicine is given via an injection by a nurse once a month for six months. I took three injections of Lupron for severe endo several years ago.
If you’re thinking of taking Lupron for endometriosis or another reproductive problem, it’s important to realize that …read more




