Plenaxis (abarelix), a new drug for advanced prostate cancer

January 2004

Some men will be asking about Plenaxis (abarelix), a new drug for advanced prostate cancer.

Plenaxis suppresses testosterone by blocking gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptors. It doesn't cause an initial testosterone surge...like Lupron and other gonadotropin agonists.

But Plenaxis has a serious drawback...it causes life-threatening allergic reactions in almost 4% of patients.

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