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ACTION ALERT / NOTEWORTHY NEWS:

01-27-12: Law firm "wants to ensure that the dangers of Lupron are well known", and puts YouTube video online.

11-07-11: 3rd Connecticut hospital this year settles allegations (paying $471,933) involving improper billing to Medicare for lupron injections.

11-03-11: Teenager, "a different person ... unable to remember things or focus" on lupron, finds relief for endometriosis through CO2 laser excision surgery.

10-27-11: Dutch Study: Fertility treatment raises tumor risk - Women given fertility 'drugs' found to "have an increased risk of developing borderline ovarian tumors." Research is from data from the OMEGA study, involving 19,146 subfertile women treated with IVF and 6,006 subfertile women not treated with IVF, from twelve IVF clinics in the Netherlands between 1980 - 1995: "For ovarian malignancies overall and for borderline ovarian cancer, there was a 2- and 4-fold higher risk, respectively, in the IVF treatment group compared with the subfertile group not treated with IVF." Additional articles linked here. Lead researcher states: "Our data clearly show that ovarian stimulation for IVF is associated with an increased risk of borderline ovarian tumors and this risk remains elevated up to more than 15 years after the first cycle of treatment." "Patients may be advised to limit [IVF] treatment cycles". (Note: Gilda Radner, of SNL fame, died of ovarian cancer after unsuccessful fertility treatment ... in her book 'It's Always Something', Gilda questioned many things as possibly causing her ovarian cancer [i.e. hair dyes, red meat] but never thought to question the fertility drugs she took). Of note, the CDC does not list fertility treatment/drugs as a risk factor for the development of ovarian cancer. ... Informed consent to these drugs cannot be given without substantive data and an analysis of same. Large-scale, epidemiologically sound, long-term studies of the risks to women and offspring from lupron and other fertility drugs remain lacking - therefore the "informed consent process" is inherently flawed, and as such, is a misnomer. Caveat emptor!

10-25-11: Dr. in case regarding Senator says lupron's "side effects include forgetfulness & loss of reasoning ability ... 25 - 30% experience some cognitive effects ... they forget things ... they get lost driving ..." See related story (09-26-11) - Lupron "reduced senator's cognitive abilities and made him 'fuzzy'" (Note: In one study of leuprolide's use in women undergoing IVF, it was found that 72% [seventy-two per cent] of the women experienced difficulty with memory ["a commonly observed complaint"]; and in another study of GnRHa use in IVF, 11% of the women continued to complain of memory loss 6 months after stopping the GnRHa: - see 'NLVN' page "Memory Loss & Cognitive Dysfunction" for further information. ... In fact - if a woman does *not* experience memory loss from lupron, she is in the Minority! See also ERC 2003 Survey (linked at left, below) evidencing that 23.33% women surveyed suffered lasting effects for up to 5 or more years after stopping lupron.)

10-23-11: UK "Human Egg Farms" - women superovulated to produce up to 85 eggs at one time.

10-17-11: "Controversial Therapy" for pre-teen transgender patient raises questions - "potential long-term effects can include other abnormalities of hormones, vascular complications and even potential cancer." Another similar story: Lupron Depot to "pause the child within". Psychiatrist calls Lupron treatment "a modern form of child abuse". ... While 'treatment' with lupron is touted as "saving kids the anguish of ... everything from depression ... to suicide" - no one seems to address the fact that lupron has been reported to have *caused* everything from depression to suicide! (i.e., See 'AERS', 'Risks', 'Deaths', and 'NLVN' pages)

10-17-11: Celebrity undergoes several unsuccessful IVFs, and announces has breast cancer. Giuliana Rancic, of the TV show 'Bill & Giuliana' (who reported having 63 hormone shots a month during IVF last year), appeared on the 'Today Show' to tell "a pretty amazing story" of how lucky she was to have been undergoing IVF because in doing so her breast cancer was detected - and she is "not going to give up on trying to have a[n IVF] baby". Is there a connection between Giuliana's breast cancer and her IVF drug 'treatment' (which could, but may not, include lupron)? US experts discount a causal connection as "probably unrelated ... studies [are] virtually inconclusive" . UK's Medical Director states "many breast cancer specialists now suspect that there may be a link between breast cancer and IVF" and the UK offers pre-IVF breast screenings. Liz Tilberas publicly blamed her breast cancer on the fertility drugs she took . Two UK women likewise were convinced their breast cancer was triggered by IVF. (Flashback: December 2010 Elizabeth Edwards dies of metastatic breast cancer, several years after undergoing IVF). There are other internet references to breast cancer development after IVF drugs where women make absolutely no mention of causality between IVF/fertility drugs and development of cancer - such as here and here. In studies, "borderline-significant increased risk of breast cancer" have been noted. (See also here and, also see 09-22-11 below re: the fertility industry's reaction to the alarming message of the award-winning documentary 'Eggsploitation'). Of note - the CDC does not list fertility treatment/drugs as a risk factor for the development of breast cancer. ... Informed consent to these drugs cannot be given without substantive data and an analysis of same. Large-scale, epidemiologically sound, long-term studies of the risks to women and offspring from lupron and other fertility drugs remain lacking - therefore the "informed consent process" is inherently flawed, and as such, is a misnomer. Caveat emptor!

10-13-11: Jennifer Lahl responds to "verbal mauling" by US fertility doctor reacting to her presentation on the risks to women of the drugs/process of egg donation (see 09-22-11 below).

09-22-11: Canada Fertility & Andrology Society (CFAS) conference - "What the IVF industry is doing is creating a population of sick babies ... that is impacting all society." (Reference is to adverse effects of multiple births - the effects of fertility drugs [i.e. lupron] is not mentioned). During the same conference, but at a separate session, Jennifer Lahl, RN, & her award-winning documentary 'Eggsploitation' are "verbally eviscerated" by a US fertility doctor. (Lahl's documentary film 'Eggsploitation' *does* address the risks of fertility drugs [including lupron] to egg donors & fertility consumers). The US doctor, following his "verbal mauling", received a robust & enthusiastic round of applause from the audience of 200 fertility doctors. Instead of addressing the risks to women of drugs used for superovulation (i.e. lupron), the doctor descended into attacks of Lahl's faith! ... (And what, pray tell, does one's faith have to do with the FACT that women are - and have been - reporting serious health problems after undergoing egg donation & IVF???)

09-22-11: In another CFAS session, Geneticist Dr. Weksberg found "IVF babies up to 10 times more likely to suffer rare genetic disorders" (specifically Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome [causing unevenly sized limbs, enlarged tongue, and high risk of kidney tumors {found in 1 out of 1,300 fertility-treatment children vs. 1 in 13,000 in general population}] and Angelman Syndrome [causing serious mental retardation and speech impairment {found in 1 out of 1,500 fertility-treatment children vs. 1 in 15,000 in general population}]) ... and Dr. Weksberg "would like to partner with fertility clinics to study large populations of fertility-treatment children, but has NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANY WILLING TO WORK WITH HER ... there was an apparent LACK OF INTEREST from Weksberg's audience [of fertility doctors] for her speech ... very telling." Dr. Weksberg opines that these genetic disorders are "likely a combination of infertility problems and genetics, and THE TREATMENT THEMSELVES." .............. (Emphasis in quotes are mine ... And just Why is there NO emphasis or interest by fertility doctors? - Perhaps someday somewhere somehow someone will think to look into lupron/leuprolide's designation and role as a "Recognized Reproductive and Developmental Toxicant" and ponder WHY lupron/leuprolide is "commonly used" [since the 1970's] to superovulate women throughout the world [despite Abbott's discontinuation of lupron/fertility/IVF studies and lupron's non-FDA approval for the indication of superovulation] - just a thought.). .............. Of note are recent concerns of UK researchers that identified "the pattern of genetic errors leading to Down's in IVF eggs [of women over 31 years of age] was different & more complex [than those that are conventionally age-related] ... this led researchers to believe that it was the fertility treatment that was to blame. ... we already know that these fertility drugs can have similar effects in laboratory studies." (see 'Risks' page - "Babies / IVF" for further related info)

09-21-11: Jury verdict in Klein v. TAP has been appealed. Case 2:08-cv-00681-RLH-RJJ - Document 310.

09-21-11 posted on YouTube: Part 6 (#1) by Darcy Spears: Lupron Trial, Plaintiff Outraged by Severe Injustice, and Part 6 (#2) Lupron Trial, Plaintiff Outraged by Severe Injustice. (See 'Media' page for additional links)

08-24-11: First reported case of leuprolide-induced severe rhabdomyolysis and renal failure, accompanied by (the second reported case of) inflammatory myopathy in a prostate cancer patient.

08-10-11: Lupron verdict in Las Vegas trial deals blow to victims. (This KTNV newslink is posted belatedly on 08-13-11 because, for the 52nd time since 2003, I was hospitalized due to severe gastroparesis post-lupron. Karin Klein, myself, and tens of thousands of others have suffered and will continue to suffer from the damaging and disabling effects of lupron/leuprolide. Perhaps someday a judge will want the jury to know this.) The plaintiff has until September 21, 2011 to appeal. (see 'Media' page for KTNV's 7-part series)

08-01-11: The FIRST lupron lawsuit scheduled to go to TRIAL ('Klein v. TAP/Abbott', in Nevada) begins on 08-01-11 with jury selection. All other prior lupron lawsuits to date have been settled out of court, with secrecy agreements ("gag orders"). 'Klein v. TAP/Abbott' is scheduled for trial. See: "Trial for 'Overpriced Poison' Lupron begins in federal court" - Judge will not allow the admission into evidence of any former U.S. lupron labels, foreign labels, warnings in PDR, scientific journals, MedWatch forms (adverse event forms), or any information related to TAP's pleading guilty to a felony.

Follow 'Klein v. TAP/Abbott' on Twitter. See DeLuca & Nemeroff' lupron page. Watch DeLuca & Nemeroff's video: "Lupron health dangers for Lupron victims".

Read 'Klein v. TAP/Abbott' Medical Expert Witness Statement by Dr. David B. Redwine describing TAP's lupron "medical fraud" as being "the most egregious example of Big Pharma controlling the practice of medicine". Dr. Redwine concludes that lupron is "unsafe and harmful in addition to being ineffective". The enticements offered to doctors by TAP to promote and prescribe lupron are illustrated - Dr. Redwine details TAP's offer of $100,000 in exchange for prescribing lupron to his patients. Dr. Redwine also comments on his experience with approximately 750 patients who have taken lupron/GnRHa's (mostly lupron) and who report and manifest adverse, lingering symptoms. (See confidential TAP memo detailing the $105,011.40 annual 'pay' doctors could earn if they prescribed lupron to their patients. This internal TAP memo, disclosed during Commerce Committee hearings in 2000, illustrates Dr. Redwine's experience.)

In 'Klein v. TAP/Abbott', Dr. John L. Gueriguian, former FDA Medical Officer, states in a prepared report the following expert opinion: "Lupron causes irreversible side effects and permanent severely disabling health problems. ... TAP intentionally suppressed knowledge about the real dangers associated with the use of Lupron. ... Prescribers and patients were misled. ... In fact, Lupron causes irreversible damage to the human body and the development of chronic disabling diseases. ... TAP fails to warn about hazards associated with the use of Lupron. ... Lupron Depot is both ineffective and unsafe ... Lupron appears to be more toxic than other GnRHa's ... [Plaintiff] presented with chronic disabling health problems ... showed signs of precocious ageing ... Lupron had wrought debilitating adverse events and had caused chronic and apparently permanent health problems. ... A great number of individuals have come forth to describe the same or similar problems and the medical literature now supports their claims."

07-28-11: Illinois latest state to launch investigation into Dr. Mark Geier's lupron/autism 'treatment'. ... 05-04-11: Dr. Mark Geier loses license to practice medicine in Maryland because he "endangers autistic children ... by administering ... a treatment protocol [lupron] that has a known substantial risk of serious harm ...". Dr. Geier also lost his license in Washington state, a month later (and other states may follow).

07-25-11: The anniversary and health of the world's first IVF birth, Louise Brown's 7-25-78 birthday, is celebrated once again. What is rarely mentioned is the fact that Louise Brown's mother underwent IVF using NO fertility drugs WHATSOEVER ("natural cycle IVF") - unlike nearly all of the world's subsequent IVF cycles which heavily utilized fertility drugs to maximize egg production.

June 2011: Revised label for Lupron 3.75 mg

04-06-11: Award-winning documentary, 'Eggsploitation', was shown at Boston College Law School. Risks of lupron, and the lack of data-tracking of women who undergo egg donation and IVF, were discussed. 'RESOLVE' (the organization that alleges to "educate, advocate, and support the infertile") had in attendance a Board Member who attempted to discredit 'Eggsploitation' as "biased" and 'not representative of the industry'. 'RESOLVE's' Board Member failed to inform the audience of 'RESOLVE's' conflicts of interest: RESOLVE has a history of receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars from the fertility drug manufacturers, fertility clinics, and fertility doctors.

03-16-11: S 6811 - NY Senate enacts law to take effect Jan 2012: No pharmacist shall dispense or sell the drug leuprolide acetate, lupron, lupron depot, lupron depot-ped, Viadur, & Eliqard, unless the container is labeled with the following warning - "Caution: this drug could cause adverse reactions included, but not limited to, heart attack, diabetes, convulsions, excessive bleeding, and could lead to death."

02-28-11 - Deadline for Letter of Intent for Researchers: $11 million, initially dedicated to plaintiffs in the lupron settlement case (see 12-23-10 below), has instead been allocated to Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center. The "'Lupron-Treatable Disease and Conditions Awards' will support investigators who are focused on non-Prostate Cancer diseases and conditions that are Lupron-treatable, including but not limited to endometriosis, uterine fibroids, and precocious puberty .... Projects may focus on [among others] medical decision analysis, survivorship and quality of life ..." ------------- QUESTION: Will these researchers be focused on the "medical decisions, survivorship and quality of life" related to the disease(s) being "treated" with lupron - OR will these researchers be focused on the "medical decisions" surrounding the prescription of lupron, and the survivorship OF lupron, and the quality of life POST-lupron??? This question is crucial!

02-14-11: Anonymous Pharmaceutical Insider Speaks on 'CafePharma' Message Board (@ "3:23 pm" - at bottom of page): ... "The 6 month dosage of Lupron will KILL patients. That's being illegally marketed AGAIN for IVF, and Abbott made the Wall Street Journal 3 times in 1 week (12/10) for illegal marketing of stents and drugs. When will the corruption finally end. It's widely acknowledged that Lupron isn't a cure for anything and does more harm than good." At the same message, another Anonymous Insider posts (on 03-27-10 @ "7:45 pm"): "YOU DUMMY, ABBOTT PAYS MILLIONS UNDER THE TABLE SO DOCS USE LUPRON, WAKE UP YOU MORON ..." (See 'History' page for further relevant 'CafePharma' messages)

02-11-11: An Industry news article, promoting a GnRH antagonist, identifies "Most women shy away from Abbott's Lupron due to side effects."

02-07-11: DOJ intervenes in at least 3 whistleblower lawsuits detailing Abbott's off-label marketing of Depakote. Note: Anonymous lupron sales rep alleges lupron is "being illegally marketed AGAIN for IVF (see CafePharma message on 2/14/11 @ 3:23 pm, at bottom of page). Lupron sales reps need to whistle for real.

02-05-11: eHealthMe 'study' - "238 people reported to have side effects when taking Eligard (leuprolide) - 120 people (50.42%) have Sudden Death" (See also: FDA Warning Letter re: Promotion of Eligard 45 mg)

01-30-11: The documentary film 'Eggsploitation' (in which risks of lupron are discussed) was named "Best Documentary" for the 2011 California Independant Film Festival Slate Awards. (Scroll below to "INFORMED CONSENT" for further information on 'Eggsploitation')

12-27-10: Cataracts added to list of risks from lupron, ADT ... Read abstract of study.

12-23-10: Plaintiffs in lupron settlement funds ignored, and research into lupron victims ignored - Judge awards $11.7 million surplus lupron settlement funds to Harvard Prostate cancer researchers. ... (flashback: 11-16-10: Judge orders dispersement of lupron Class Settlement Funds: First Cy Press Payments to Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center ($4,000,000). [Note: the plaintiffs who were awarded the settlement funds are NOT being given the surplus funds])

12-07-10: Elizabeth Edwards dies of metastatic breast cancer. While Elizabeth Edwards did not ever publicly correlate her IVF treatment (lupron presumably used) with the development of her cancer, she nonetheless joins a list of untold women who have developed cancer after fertility/lupron treatment. See a partial, growing list.

11-10-10: Journal of National Cancer Insititute - "Long-term ADT (androgen deprivation therapy [GnRHa's, lupron, leuprolide]) for prostate cancer is associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer"

10-20-10: FDA Alert: Labeling Changes for Lupron, GnRHa's, for men. Risk of diabetes, heart attack, sudden cardiac death, and stroke must be added to Warnings & Precautions' section of the label. See also January 2011 FDA Safety Labeling Changes for Viadur. (Flashback: 05-03-10: FDA conducting safety review of lupron and other GnRHa's in prostate cancer - preliminary review suggests an increased risk for diabetes and certain cardiovascular diseases in men treated for prostate cancer. Read FDA Safety Review Communication)

[Note re: lupron labeling changes above - Since the '90's, I've tried to make the case that lupron's adverse cardiovascular profile prior to lupron's initial FDA approval was *not* being addressed ...: i.e. see excerpt from my 'USA[ttorney] Draft Document' discussing this issue: 'Was lupron's Initial Approval Based Upon Safety and Efficacy?'. ... "Was lupron shown to have less cardiovascular side effects than DES, a claim that was critical to its approval? ... Is it 'acceptable' to grant TAP's request to withhold {lupron's initial clinical trial} adverse events from disclosure in the initial approval label ... figures which, when tabulated, cast serious doubt upon lupron's alleged 'improved cardiovascular risk profile in comparison to DES'"?]

Read Medical Expert Witness Statement by Dr. David B. Redwine describing TAP's lupron "medical fraud" as being "the most egregious example of Big Pharma controlling the practice of medicine". Dr. Redwine concludes that lupron is "unsafe and harmful in addition to being ineffective". The enticements offered to doctors by TAP to promote and prescribe lupron are illustrated - Dr. Redwine details TAP's offer of $100,000 in exchange for prescribing lupron to his patients. Dr. Redwine also comments on his experience with approximately 750 patients who have taken lupron/GnRHa's (mostly lupron) and who report and manifest adverse, lingering symptoms.

See confidential TAP memo detailing the $105,011.40 annual 'pay' doctors could earn if they prescribed lupron to their patients. This internal TAP memo, disclosed during Commerce Committee hearings in 2000, illustrates Dr. Redwine's experience (above). How many doctors, like Dr. Redwine, refused the $100,000 'offer' and did not prescribe lupron to their patients? How many doctors 'signed-up' for 'the cash' and 'gave' lupron to as many patients as they could frantically find? Why have so many women complained that their doctors were "shoving lupron down [their] throat[s]"? ... (Of note: in my 1992 MA. testimony, I identified that "Nearly every IVF clinic has mandated women take lupron or they will not be allowed to [begin their IVF] cycle ... The use of this drug has become pervasive over a very short period of time, without informed consent ...").

Dr. John L. Gueriguian, former FDA Medical Officer, states in a prepared report (for a female lupron product liability lawsuit) the following expert opinion: "Lupron causes irreversible side effects and permanent severely disabling health problems. ... TAP intentionally suppressed knowledge about the real dangers associated with the use of Lupron. ... Prescribers and patients were misled. ... In fact, Lupron causes irreversible damage to the human body and the development of chronic disabling diseases. ... TAP fails to warn about hazards associated with the use of Lupron. ... Lupron Depot is both ineffective and unsafe ... Lupron appears to be more toxic than other GnRHa's ... [Plaintiff] presented with chronic disabling health problems ... showed signs of precocious ageing ... Lupron had wrought debilitating adverse events and had caused chronic and apparently permanent health problems. ... A great number of individuals have come forth to describe the same or similar problems and the medical literature now supports their claims."

More reports from other experts will (invariably) follow.

09-08-10: "Defective Drugs ... Lupron" (attorney website) - Notice posted by another lawfirm about potential lupron litigation.

08-11-10: Yet Another law firm investigates potential claims against lupron's manufacturer

08-03-10: Re: lupron's dangerous use in autism ... "Lupron carries a risk of bone damage, stunted growth and heart trouble, and can render children impotent ... we cannot be using these children as guinea pigs in a medical experiement ... we have very significant concerns about irreversible damage to sexual function and the brain and sex organs of these children."

Please consider filling out a MedWatch form to report your adverse events.

Read Boston FOX 25 TV News' 1999 2-part investigation of lupron: "Risk or Remedy?" Part 1 (transcript) and "Dangers of Lupron" Part 2 (summary)

03-06-10, "LawyersandSettlements.com" - 'Lupron: Do the Risks Outweigh the Benefits?'

CENSORSHIP: In the future, I will have a page devoted to the issue of lupron and censorship, but for now will post this most recent example: A website promoting the film, 'Journeys, The Art & Science of Making a Baby", had a comment section. Here is a copy of my posted comment. But, as you can see, my comments have been removed from the website. (In fact, it appears that no one can comment now). Why would a film that is allegedly educating women about IVF deliberately censor information about the disabling effects of lupron (as reported by an R.N., a J.D., and an M.D., who each underwent fertility treatment/IVF with lupron and are now disabled)? [Update: the link to the film's website has been removed ... thereby attempting to cause evidence of the censorship to 'disappear'. This M.O. is typical of this 'field'.]

INFORMED CONSENT: In contrast to the above apparent censorship of risks in fertility treatment, see the trailer for 'Eggsploitation' - a powerful documentary film exposing reproductive endoCRIMINology's "dirty little secret" about the serious risks of egg donation (and infertility treatment): www.Eggsploitation.com. The risks to lupron are discussed.

Read statement about the 'Dismissal of OPTIONS National Fertility Registry Class Action Lawsuit' (egg donors rec'd lupron). In OPTIONS Class Action Lawsuit, 669 embryos and 2,140 eggs went UNACCOUNTED FOR.

Kansas Bill (Senate Bill No. 509): Women's Health & Embryo Monitoring Program (hearing 3/11/10)

Arizona Bills: Relating to Human Eggs and Relating to the Treatment of Embryos

AZ Bill S1306 passed - requiring disclosure of health risks associated with the drugs used in donating eggs ... risks to be detailed. 03-05-10: S1306 expected to go to House next week

Americans United for Life's Model Legislation: Assisted Reproductive Technologies Disclosure & Risk Reduction Act

Fyi, see 'lupron search terms' captured by the daily logs of www.LupronVictimsHub.com, as relayed within my recent letter to the Deputy Commissioner of the FDA. While anectodal, these search terms speak volumes.

Read Rachelle Fenner's 'MY POEM', a heart-wrenching description of life as a lupron victim.

Crock 'O Crap Alert: See PR release state GnRHa side effects "are reversible", bone loss "reversible after treatment stops", fibroids "shrink", bone loss "prevented by use of calcium supplements". These 'assertions' are UNTRUE! Do your homework so you will not be fooled! (Update: Press Release has been removed).

Authorities should take note of the following examples:

-Illegal Infertility Forum post re: Lupron 14-day kit - $70 (posted 05/12/11)

-Illegal Infertility Forum post re: Lupron Kit - New in Box for Sale (posted 02/25/11)

-Illegal Infertility Forum post re: (2) Lupron 14-day kits @ $90 each (posted 02/20/11)

- Illegal Infertility Forum post re: Lupron, 2 week kit - Make an Offer! (posted 10/23/10)

- Illegal Infertility Forum post re: 14 day Lupron kit for sale (posted 7/23/10)

- Illegal Infertility Forum post re: Lupron Kit - $90 + shipping (posted 7/20/10)

- Illegal Infertility Forum post re: 14 day Lupron kit for sale - $90 (posted 6/6/10)

- Illegal Infertility Forum post re: Expired vials of Lupron - Make An Offer (posted 4/28/10)

- Illegal Infertility Forum post re: Leuprolide, 2 Week Kit for sale, $100 (posted 3/17/10)

- Illegal Infertility Forum post re: Leuprolide 14-Day Kit for sale, $90 (posted 3/11/10)

- Illegal Infertility Forum post re: Leuprolide 14-Day Kit for sale, $95 (posted 3/5/10)

- Illegal Infertility Forum post re: sale of lupron (posted 2/22/10)

- Illegal Infertility Forum post re: sale of leuprolide 14-day kit for $75 (posted 2/22/10)

- Illegal Infertility Forum post re: sale of unopened lupron kit (posted 2/19/10)

- Illegal Infertility Forum post re: "lupron 14-day kit for $140" (posted 2/19/10)

- Illegal Infertility Forum post re: sale of leuprolide 14-day kit (posted 2/16/10)

- Illegal Infertility Forum post re: "10 pre-filled lupron injections, $15 each" (2/10/10)

- Illegal Fertility Website post re: "Leuprolide acetate 14 day kit for $100" (posted 2/9/10)

- Illegal Infertility Forum post re: Leuprolide 14-day kit for sale (posted 2/16/10)

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INTRODUCTION:

      This website has been developed to serve consumers, healthcare workers, attorneys, and law enforcement officials seeking information on the ‘drug’ Lupron (leuprolide) and its associated health risks.  Also explored will be the problems with lupron’s approval by the FDA, lupron’s history and ‘science’, the marginalization of lupron victims – and, in short … every pertinent thing I’ve learned or written or received regarding the ‘drug’ Lupron/leuprolide in nearly 21 years.  Over the course of this time, I’ve accumulated much information and many documents and letters, and I want to put this information in the public domain fyi. 

        My exposure to lupron was through ‘treatment’ of endometriosis and infertility (IVF), but those considering or using lupron for other indications (such as prostate cancer, fibroids, egg donation, surrogacy, precocious puberty, autism, Alzheimers, etc.) will find much information within this site that pertains to them (i.e., see LupronSUQS at left, and 'Risk' page). However, a focus of this site will be upon the risks inherent in reproductive technologies (IVF), egg donation, and embryonic stem cell research. 

Since taking lupron in 1989, I have experienced multiple health problems. In my career as a registered nurse, my work schedule prior to lupron entailed 40+ hours/week, however subsequent post-lupron medical problems resulted in periods out of work, with a gradual decrease in workhours over the years from 32 to 24 to 16 hours/week; and in 2003 became disabled. From 1992 to 2003, I extensively researched the risks of lupron throughout Boston area medical libraries, and over the years have tried to bring attention to the dangers of this ‘drug’ through contact with and delivery of risk information to state and federal agencies, Congress, consumer groups, attorneys, medical experts, the media, the grapevine, the courts, and drafting legislation, to name a few. And I had the ironic pleasure of spending 16+ hours inside TAP/Abbott’s ‘lupron files’ as an RN/Paralegal during discovery in a lupron product liability case (settled).  I also worked very closely with the National Lupron Victims Network from 1994 to 2000, when they, their 10,000+ “lupron victims’ surveys”, and all my provided research information, inexplicably disappeared.  

       I have been planning on putting all this information back online within this site for a long time, but I’ve been very sick. Since March 2003, I've been hospitalized 55 times "due to the development of severe gastroparesis post-lupron" - the neurological impulses to my gut have been "paralyzed" by the toxin lupron. (The neurological impulses to my heart have also been affected - thankfully only "damaged" and not "paralyzed" - causing heart rates of 38 beats per minute as well as atrial fibrillation). Therefore, because of health limitations and repeated hospitalizations, this site's debut has been greatly delayed, and I do not have the ability to crunch my research and all that I've accumulated into a more 'reader-friendly' format. So I'm just throwing it all 'up there' for anyone that has the need and/or interest to wade through the details.

And this is a 'Work In Progress', therefore please stay tuned ...

Sincerely,

Lynne Millican