User:Mr. Ibrahem/Triptorelin

Triptorelin, sold under the brand names Decapeptyl among others, is a medication used for endometriosis, fibroids, prostatic cancer, precocious puberty, and to male hypersexuality with severe sexual deviation. It has also been used to delay puberty in people with gender dysphoria. It is given by injection into a muscle.

Common side effects include flushing, sexual dysfunction, pain at the site of injection, and high blood sugar. Other side effects may include pituitary apoplexy, irritability, blood clots, and anaphylaxis. Use during pregnancy may harm the baby. It is a gonadotropin-releasing hormone which decreases the production of androgens and estrogen.

Triptorelin was patented in 1975 and approved for medical use in 1986. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines as an alternative to leuprorelin. In the United Kingdom a 3.75 mg dose costs the NHS about £82 as of 2021. This amount in the United States costs about 860 USD.