Women taking GnRH agonists for endometriosis experienced memory problems during treatment.

A study¹ of women taking GnRH agonists (a/k/a “puberty blockers”) to treat endometriosis found that 31% had “mild” memory problems, 25% had “moderate” problems, and 19% had “marked” problems. Problems were mainly with prospective and short-term memory.

1. Christopher Newton, Dianne Slota, Albert A. Yuzpe, Ian S. Tummon, Memory complaints associated with the use of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists: a preliminary study, Fertility and Sterility, Volume 65, Issue 6, 1996. ISSN 0015-0282. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0015-0282(16)58351-4. ↩︎