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Your doctor has ordered the drug Lupron Depot-3 Month to help treat your illness. The drug can be injected into a muscle or under the skin once a month or every 3 months. It also can be injected daily under the skin. The long-acting form of Lupron Depot-3 Month (given once a month or every 3 months) is slowly released into the bloodstream during that period. Lupron Depot-3 Month is used to treat: prostate cancer in men endometriosis in women early onset of puberty in children uterine fibroids in women Lupron Depot-3 Month is sometimes prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information. Lupron Depot-3 Month is in a class of drugs known as gonadotropin-releasing (LH-RH) hormone analogs. It stops the production of testosterone in men and estrogen in females. Blocking the production of these hormones is desirable because they stimulate the growth of the diseased cells involved in prostate cancer and endometriosis. When the medication is stopped, these hormone levels return to normal.
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