GnRH analogs: options for endometriosis-associated pain treatment.
While none of the currently available treatment options for endometriosis pain resolved the underlying disease process, there are growing numbers of medical alternatives available. Medical options include the GnRH agonists and antagonists. Review of these treatments in the management of endometriosis pain and the insight often to the etiology of endometriosis are presented for discussion.
Batzer
Frances R
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Thomas Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. leem@womensinstitute.org
D003280:Contraceptives, Oral, Synthetic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005300:Fertility Agents, Female / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000819:agonists / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D006801:Humans; D017274:Nafarelin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009640:Norethindrone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000502:physiology
D003280:Contraceptives, Oral, Synthetic; D005300:Fertility Agents, Female; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; D017274:Nafarelin; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D009640:Norethindrone