Vantas (histrelin acetate)

USES: Histrelin is used to treat advanced prostate cancer. It is not a cure. Most types of prostate cancer need the hormone testosterone to grow and spread.

Histrelin works by reducing the amount of testosterone that the body makes. This helps slow or stop the growth of cancer cells and helps relieve symptoms such as painful/difficult urination. Talk to your doctor about the risks and benefits of treatment.

Histrelin is also used by children to treat early puberty (central precocious puberty). It helps to slow abnormally fast bone development so that height and growth rate are near normal and to stop or reverse signs of early puberty (such as breast/pubic hair growth in girls, pubic hair growth in boys). Histrelin works by reducing the amount of testosterone and estrogen.

This medication is used until the doctor decides it is time for puberty to resume.

Generic name: histrelin acetate
Pronunciation: (HISS-treh-lin)

The following indications are listed for Vantas:

• Advanced Prostatic Carcinoma

Also known as: Advanced Cancer Of Prostate Gland, Advanced Malignant Neoplasm Of Prostate, Advanced Prostate Cancer, Advanced Prostate Malignancy, Advanced Prostatic Cancer.

No ICD codes are available for this drug.