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Lupron Depot-PED Treatment and Your Child

It is important to be as informed as possible when it comes to decisions affecting your child's health. If your child is diagnosed with central precocious puberty (CPP), and your doctor has prescribed Lupron Depot-PED, the following is an overview of what to expect during your child's treatment. If you have further questions, please ask your doctor.

Effects of treatment

Since Lupron Depot-PED works by stopping early puberty, your child's development of secondary sex characteristics, such as facial hair in boys or breast development in girls, will slow or stop. While on Lupron Depot-PED, your child's growth rate will be more like other children of the same age.

Side effects of treatment

The most frequent side effect of Lupron Depot-PED is an injection site reaction in a small percentage of children.

Missed injections

It is important that Lupron Depot-PED is given on a regular schedule. Missing even one dose could restart the maturation process.

Consequences of not treating your child's CPP

When CPP is left untreated, children can go through rapid growth spurts much too early. During these early, rapid growth spurts, bones can develop and fuse (stop growing) prematurely. As a result, children with CPP can end up being quite a bit shorter than normal.

Another effect of CPP is social. Children with CPP are often embarrassed and confused by their early development, which can lead to social difficulties.

To help you make the best treatment decisions, we've prepared a series of questions to ask your doctor.
See below for important safety and other information on Lupron Depot-PED.
All photos are of models and not of users of Lupron Depot-PED or persons suffering symptoms described.
    

Important Safety and Other Information:

Lupron Depot-PED (7.5 mg, 11.25 mg, and 15 mg) is used for the treatment of central precocious puberty. In clinical studies, the most frequent adverse event related to therapy with Lupron Depot-PED was an injection site reaction, seen in 5% of children in the combined studies. The recommended starting dose of Lupron Depot-PED is 0.3 mg/kg/4 weeks (minimum 7.5 mg). Inadequate dosing may result in poor control of the pubertal process.

For further information about Lupron Depot-PED, please see the complete Prescribing Information, as well as the
Patient Product Information.
  
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