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Abarelix ( a-ba-REL-iks) is a type of medicine called a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist that lowers the male hormone testosterone in your blood. Testosterone makes most prostate cancers grow. Other ways to treat your prostate cancer are taking other hormone medicines to lower testosterone or surgery to remove your testicles. Abarelix is used when these other ways to treat prostate cancer cannot be used or are refused. Abarelix is to be given only under the supervision of your doctor. It is to be injected into your buttocks and is available in the following dosage form: Parenteral Injection (U.S.)
Brand names: - Abarelix - Plenaxis |