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Goserelin, the Glossary

Goserelin, sold under the brand name Zoladex among others, is a medication which is used to suppress production of the sex hormones (testosterone and estrogen), particularly in the treatment of breast cancer and prostate cancer.^[1]

37 relations: Abdominal pain, Acetate, Antigonadotropin, Assisted reproductive technology, Bicalutamide, Bioavailability, Bone pain, Breast cancer, Breast pain, Depression (mood), Downregulation and upregulation, Endometriosis, Erectile dysfunction, Estrogen, Gonadotropin-releasing hormone, Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist, Gonadotropin-releasing hormone modulator, Gynecomastia, Headache, Health Canada, Hot flash, Implant (medicine), Luteinizing hormone, Medication, Peptide, Pituitary gland, Precocious puberty, Prostate cancer, Salt (chemistry), Sex hormone, Testosterone, Trademark distinctiveness, Urinary retention, Uterine fibroid, Vardenafil, Weight gain, WHO Model List of Essential Medicines.
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Abdominal pain

Abdominal pain, also known as a stomach ache, is a symptom associated with both non-serious and serious medical issues.

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Acetate

An acetate is a salt formed by the combination of acetic acid with a base (e.g. alkaline, earthy, metallic, nonmetallic or radical base).

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Antigonadotropin

An antigonadotropin is a drug which suppresses the activity and/or downstream effects of one or both of the gonadotropins, follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH).

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Assisted reproductive technology

Assisted reproductive technology (ART) includes medical procedures used primarily to address infertility.

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Bicalutamide

Bicalutamide, sold under the brand name Casodex among others, is an antiandrogen medication that is primarily used to treat prostate cancer. Goserelin and Bicalutamide are drugs developed by AstraZeneca and World Health Organization essential medicines.

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Bioavailability

In pharmacology, bioavailability is a subcategory of absorption and is the fraction (%) of an administered drug that reaches the systemic circulation.

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Bone pain

Bone pain (also known medically by several other names) is pain coming from a bone, and is caused by damaging stimuli.

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Breast cancer

Breast cancer is a cancer that develops from breast tissue.

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Breast pain

Breast pain is the symptom of discomfort in either one or both breasts.

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Depression (mood)

Depression is a mental state of low mood and aversion to activity.

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Downregulation and upregulation

In biochemistry, in the biological context of organisms' regulation of gene expression and production of gene products, downregulation is the process by which a cell decreases the production and quantities of its cellular components, such as RNA and proteins, in response to an external stimulus.

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Endometriosis

Endometriosis is a disease in which cells like those in the endometrium, the layer of tissue that normally covers the inside of the uterus, grow outside the uterus.

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Erectile dysfunction

Erectile dysfunction (ED), also referred to as impotence, is a form of sexual dysfunction in males characterized by the persistent or recurring inability to achieve or maintain a penile erection with sufficient rigidity and duration for satisfactory sexual activity.

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Estrogen

Estrogen (oestrogen; see spelling differences) is a category of sex hormone responsible for the development and regulation of the female reproductive system and secondary sex characteristics.

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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) is a releasing hormone responsible for the release of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) from the anterior pituitary. Goserelin and Gonadotropin-releasing hormone are Decapeptides.

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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist

A gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH agonist) is a type of medication which affects gonadotropins and sex hormones.

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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone modulator

A GnRH modulator, or GnRH receptor modulator, also known as an LHRH modulator or LHRH receptor modulator, is a type of medication which modulates the GnRH receptor, the biological target of the hypothalamic hormone gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH; also known as luteinizing-releasing hormone, or LHRH).

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Gynecomastia

Gynecomastia (also spelled gynaecomastia) is the abnormal non-cancerous enlargement of one or both breasts in males due to the growth of breast tissue as a result of a hormone imbalance between estrogens and androgens.

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Headache

Headache, also known as cephalalgia, is the symptom of pain in the face, head, or neck.

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Health Canada

Health Canada (HC; Santé Canada, SC)Health Canada is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Department of Health.

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Hot flash

Hot flashes (also known as hot flushes) are a form of flushing, often caused by the changing hormone levels that are characteristic of menopause.

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Implant (medicine)

An implant is a medical device manufactured to replace a missing biological structure, support a damaged biological structure, or enhance an existing biological structure.

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Luteinizing hormone

Luteinizing hormone (LH, also known as luteinising hormone, lutropin and sometimes lutrophin) is a hormone produced by gonadotropic cells in the anterior pituitary gland.

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Medication

A medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease.

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Peptide

Peptides are short chains of amino acids linked by peptide bonds.

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Pituitary gland

The pituitary gland or hypophysis is an endocrine gland in vertebrates.

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Precocious puberty

In medicine, precocious puberty is puberty occurring at an unusually early age.

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Prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system below the bladder.

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Salt (chemistry)

In chemistry, a salt or ionic compound is a chemical compound consisting of an assembly of positively charged ions (cations) and negatively charged ions (anions), which results in a compound with no net electric charge (electrically neutral).

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Sex hormone

Sex hormones, also known as sex steroids, gonadocorticoids and gonadal steroids, are steroid hormones that interact with vertebrate steroid hormone receptors.

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Testosterone

Testosterone is the primary male sex hormone and androgen in males.

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Trademark distinctiveness

Trademark distinctiveness is an important concept in the law governing trademarks and service marks.

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Urinary retention

Urinary retention is an inability to completely empty the bladder.

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Uterine fibroid

Uterine fibroids, also known as uterine leiomyomas or fibroids, are benign smooth muscle tumors of the uterus, part of the female reproductive system.

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Vardenafil

Vardenafil, sold under the brand name Levitra among others, is a medication that is used for treating erectile dysfunction.

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Weight gain

Weight gain is an increase in body weight.

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WHO Model List of Essential Medicines

The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (aka Essential Medicines List or EML), published by the World Health Organization (WHO), contains the medications considered to be most effective and safe to meet the most important needs in a health system. Goserelin and WHO Model List of Essential Medicines are World Health Organization essential medicines.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goserelin

Also known as ATC code L02AE03, ATCvet code QL02AE03, Goserelin acetate, Zoladex.

Goserelin, the Glossary

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Decapeptides

Feminizing hormone therapy

GnRH agonists

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