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Conditions & Treatments

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• Endometriosis - inside tissue grows outside uterus
• Benign Fibrocystic Breast Disease - painful lump in breasts
• Hereditary Angioedema
All 3 —> Danazol

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Infertility Treatment—>

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Cetrorelix / Ganirelix

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Gonadorelin Analogues (e.g. Leuprorelin Triptorelin)

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Endometriosis
• Infertility
• Precocious Puberty - early puberty
• Male Hypersexuality with severe sexual deviation
• Anaemia due to uterine fibroids
• Breast Cancer
• Prostate Cancer
• Before Intra-Uterine Surgery
• Vaginal Procedures (Hysterectomy, Myomectomy)
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Breast Pain (mastalgia) once underlying cause ruled out

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Mild non cyclical pain —> Simple Analgesic
Moderate-Severe / cyclical Pain —> Specific

Drug treatment
Danazol in severe pain from Benign Fibrocystic Breast Disease
Tamoxifen adjunct in mastalgia (if symptoms related to cyclic oestrogen production)
Review treatment for breast pain after 6 months & continue if necessary