This page was prepared by Lynn Kash, RN, Internet Nursing Guide
Pennsylvania Nurses,Emergency Department
http://www.nursefriendly.com/kash/

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Zoladex, Classification, American Cancer Society:"Goserelin acetate belongs to the general group of drugs known as hormones. It is used to treat advanced prostate and breast cancers."
American Cancer Society
1599 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
Phone: (404) 327-6411 or Fax: (404) 327-6404
E-mail: ca.edoff@cancer.org
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CDG/content/CDG_goserelin_acetate.asp

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Zoladex (10.8 mg goserelin acetate implant), General Information, Center Watch:"The original 3.6 mg formulation of Zoladex has been available since 1989 as a monthly implant. The new formation, 10.8 mg goserelin acetate implant given every three months, offers greater convenience to subjects choosing treatment with a luteinizing-hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) analogue."
Thomson CenterWatch
22 Thomson Place, 47F1
Boston, MA 02210-1212
Phone: 617-856-5900
Fax: 617-856-5901
customerservice@ahcpub.com
http://www.centerwatch.com/patient/drugs/dru38.html

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Zoladex, How does this medication work, Medbroadcast:"Goserelin is a drug that has been designed to mimic the actions of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH or LHRH), the hormone released from the hypothalamus gland in the brain. The hypothalamus uses GnRH to send messages to the pituitary gland in the brain, which then sends messages to the ovaries in females, and the testicles in males, telling them to produce the sex hormones estrogen (females) and testosterone (males)."
http://www.medbroadcast.com/drug_info_details.asp?brand_name_id=1341

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Goserelin(Systemic), Description, MEDLINEplus:"Goserelin (GOE-se-rel-in) is a hormone similar to the one normally released from the hypothalamus gland in the brain. It is used to treat a number of medical problems."
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/uspdi/202267.html

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Goserelin, Description, Rxlist:"ZOLADEX® (goserelin acetate implant), contains a potent synthetic decapeptide analogue of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH), also known as a gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist analogue."
http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/goserel.htm

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Goserelin Acetate, Why Prescribed, Whole Health Md:"To treat advanced forms of prostate cancer in men, and to treat advanced forms of breast cancer in women. It may also be used by women to relieve the pain and discomfort of endometriosis."
http://www.wholehealthmd.com/refshelf/drugs_view/1,1524,287,00.html

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