Histrelin (Systemic)

Brand Names : Supprelin

Before Using This Medicine

In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of using the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For histrelin, the following should be considered:

Allergies - Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to histrelin or to gonadotropin-releasing hormone-like medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you are allergic to any other substances, such as foods, preservatives, or dyes.

Pregnancy - Histrelin use is not recommended during pregnancy. Histrelin has not been studied in pregnant women. It has been shown to cause problems in animals, such as low birth weights and a decrease in the number of successful pregnancies.

Breast-feeding - It is not known whether histrelin passes into breast milk. However, use of histrelin is not recommended during breast-feeding because it may cause unwanted effects in nursing babies.

Children - When used to treat a child for central precocious puberty, histrelin will stop having an effect soon after the child stops using it, and puberty should occur normally. It is not known if using histrelin around the time of puberty will cause changes in a boy's or a girl's future ability to have babies. Their chances of having children are thought to be normal.

It is especially important that you discuss with the child's doctor the good that this medicine may do as well as the risks of using it.