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[Tinker1081]

Got to find something to help with hot flashes ‘ thanks

[FCoffey]

Gabapentin helps some folks. Your doctor must prescribe it.

Some of the herbal supplements for menopause can help: Estrovera definitely helped mine but wasn't strong enough to eliminate them.

Once PSA and Testosterone are low and more or less under control, many report that Depo Provera intramuscular injection 400mg ONCE usually eliminates hot flashes forever. The emphasis on “usually” added since there are cases wherein the hot flashes are not reduced/eliminated. Make sure the prescribing/administering physician is providing Depo Provera and not Provera.

[Lombardi24 in reply to FCoffey]

Gabapentin (300mg 2x daily) and Lexapro (20mg 1x daily). I had them and they were really bad. Like every 20 mins. Now they are down to once or twice a day

[FCoffey in reply to Lombardi24]

I was given 100 mg Gabapentin capsules and told to take them as needed to control the hot flashes, up to 900 mg per day. At first 100 mg did the trick. As time wore on the hot flashes got more and more intense, and I had to keep upping the dose of gabapentin. At 600 mg I started noticing some toxicity and stopped there, but the hot flashes kept getting worse.

[Lombardi24 in reply to FCoffey]

Try lexapro.

[Shooter1]

20 mg megestol 4 times a day + old natural remedy--- 540 mg Black Cohosh Root 3 times a day. Hot flashes are a thing of the past for me with zero testosterone.

[Survivor1965 in reply to Shooter1]

Are you saying 80mg megastrol a day? I use it but they scribed me only 10mg twice a day. Works decent.

[Shooter1 in reply to Survivor1965]

yes,took that to be effective

[Crabcrushe]

Venlafaxine & frozen mango cubes.

Nous Defions

Crabcrusher

[Hidden in reply to Crabcrushe]

I'm already taking Venlafaxine, will try frozen margaritas or mango martini's...

[MarkBC in reply to Hidden]

Is there a trial somewhere where they provide frozen margaritas and mango martinis? Sign me up!

[pilot52 in reply to Hidden]

Are you a baseball fan or has your cancer gone on the move......?? Anyway ,,cheers!!!

[Hidden in reply to pilot52]

Blue Skies my friend...

Actually, born in NYC and grew up in Flushing, Queens. Spent much time at Shea Stadium watching the New York Mets, although the double headers were brutal on the butt.

But, 5 months ago, diagnosed: "Supercharged Quad Turbo Advanced Prostate Cancer, Nitrate Injected Metastasis Rocket Stage 4 Nuclear Booster Fixed Wing"

Stall Speed 400 knots, too scared to land...

LOL, can have fun sometimes, yeah, the play with Mets, in NYMets...

[Shooter1 in reply to Crabcrushe]

venlafaxine took my eye sight from 20/30 to 20/200 in 60 days.

[Crabcrushe in reply to Shooter1]

Sorry to hear that, bro.

Charlie

[Tall_Allen]

1. acupuncture

2. estrogen patch (with tamoxifen)

3. venlafaxine

4. Megestrol patch (with tamoxifen)

[Hidden]

Venlafaxine is working for me, I now can sleep at least 6 hours straight. I resisted taking another drug, but sleeping is very important, before - the hot flashes would wake me up all night, every 2 hours.

We are all different, best to try and find what works for you...

[charlesmeyers1964]

your body will grow out of it. in time there will be no hot flashes

[TNCanuck in reply to charlesmeyers1964]

Unfortunately, that is not true. A good percentage of men experience hot flashes throughout ADT.

[Hakka]

Cyproterone acetate (Androcur) has helped me a lot.

[cromone]

Try switching to low-caff coffee and tea. Reduced hot flushes for me!

[rococo]

Never had any. May have been the soy products I was eating. Was told they do have an estrgenic effect

[hersheyboy]

Evening primose oil and melatonin worked for me.

[larry_dammit]

My doctor put me on Effexor to help with the anxiety and hot flashes. I always carry a large kerchief and a potable fan. Daughter got the fan fron amazon 😜😜

[abmicro]

I did an estrodiol patch 0.1, cut in half, change the half patch every 2 to 4 days since cheap generic patches only last 3 to 4 days. GoodRX can get the cost down to $35 for a box of 8 patches. Cut in half that is 16 half patches that will last you 8 weeks. Take aspirin to negate the risk of clots because estrogen thickens your blood. Estrogen has an additional benefit to help with osteoporosis, joints, and memory loss. Switch to soy milk to add a very slight boost to estrogen intake since a half patch is a very low dose. Worked for me.

[Hidden]

My hot flashes completely disappeared with acupuncture treatments. Also, from such treatments, my energy levels increased to about 75-80% of what they were prior to taking zytiga, prednisone and lupron injections. (I was shocked at how well acupuncture worked on me.)

[TNCanuck]

My husband suffered terribly with hot flashes until recently. Gabapentin didn't help at all, and a combination of Megace and Effexor didn't help much. We took the suggestions from the helpful folks on here and started some new stuff:

Acupuncture

Melatonin (extended release)

Aromatherapy using a diffuser and lavender oil every night

Since we started all about the same time, we're not such which one works or if all help, but he's definitely sleeping MUCH better.

Hope something you find on here helps, Tinker.

[monte1111]

So many suggestions I don't know where to start. Was given 2 300mg Gabapentin at bedtime for foot neuropathy and later added 1 300mg in morning. Still hasn't done much for neuropathy but hot flashes went away just like magic. Not completely gone but huge difference.

[Beermaker]

My MO told me to drink 2 glasses of soy milk a day. I tried it, it worked pretty well and is cheap. I am down to less than a glass a day now. I recommend this natural treatment.

[j-o-h-n]

As you've seen here.... You've got a lot of tinkering to do.

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Wednesday 03/06/2019 5:40 PM EST

[Hidden]

Sorry, I can’t help you. I took nothing. After a year or so, lessening effect. Psychologically, I dealt with hot flashes as my red badge of courage taking heed, that Lupron/Eligard was doing its thing. Good luck.

GD

[Jackpine]

Try accu pucnture it helped make mine more managble