Re: Zoladex-desperately need info
From: Christine M. Smith (smithy@maine.rr.com)
Wed Sep 1 18:44:55 1999
It is not At Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Ginny King wrote:
>
>Hi Sharonda'
>
>I don't know anything about Zoladex. I did take Lupron injections for
>six months. I personally had a tough time with the side effects but
>others have had success. I suffered with migraine headaches for the
>first time while on the drug along with bone pain and severe hot
>flashes. Another lady on the forum mentioned that they now can do
>estrogen replacement therapy which I would think would minimize some of
>the side effects. I forgot to ask her, but one thing I wonder is if the
>estrogen replacement would in any way reduce the effectiveness of the
>Lupron since part of the reason it works on endo is by depriving the
>body of estrogen. I would think they would not prescibe it if it did
>not work. Anyway, sorry I'm not much help. I do feel that Lupron needs
>to be considered carefully before taking it. Maybe the Zoladex has
>fewer side effects? Take care. Ginny
>
Hi!
I have mentioned "add back therapy" with estrogen in the past. The
first time I had Lupron they weren't doing this
and when I had the second, 3 month trial run, I did have add back
therapy. My gyn said it does seem odd but the results were coming in
favorably. They only give a very small amount of estrogen back, nothing
like what your body normally makes. I think to understand this you
would have to have a good understanding of reproductive biochemistry.
It's beyond me.
I had a very odd response to Lupron according to my gyn. Unless he was
"bs-ing" me, and why would he do that, he said he had never seen a
response to Lupron as he did in me.
It is not supposed to affect adhesions, yet after 6 months on Lupron my
entire pelvis was soft and normal feeling, not scarred feeling the way
it was previously. I asked him why and he shrugged his shoulders. Then
when I had my pain incident about 1 1/2 years after Lupron therapy I was
once again scarred feeling. Very strange.
Chris S.