Re: Early puberty and Lupron

[Guest guest]

Joe,

Does your doctor know about Zoladex? It is just like Lupron but it

does not involve monthly intra-muscular injections. It is a pellet

that is inserted just under the skin in the abdomen. It lasts for

up to three months. Max chose the Zoladex and was really happy with

it. (So were we.) We would put Emla cream on him about 4 hours in

advance so that it would seep deep down into the site we chose. Dr.

H. would then make a small incision, insert the pellet and she was

done. Max felt very little. The only thing we learned was to put a

pressure bandage on the site afterwards because Max bruised easily

from it. He was a little bit sore for a day, but Advil or Tylenol

helped.

Jodi Z