Megestrol for Lupron caused hot-flashes?
My urologist prescribed megestrol 20mg 2x daily for hot-flashes. I'm on about day 4 of them. So far no huge side-effects and perhaps the hot-flashes are lessened. Found the following papers:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/802...
cbuna.org/sites/default/fil...
A cautionary article (although the dosage is 3x what I'm getting): malecare.org/be-cautious-ta...
Anyone else taking it?
I have talked to a few patients who use it as a transdermal. It will increase your appetite. I think transdermal (patch or cream) estrogen may be a better choice. Two men I know are successfully using acupuncture. Some are successful with venlafaxine.
I used megestrol for hot flashes and it worked. Increased my appetite as a bonus. They took me off of it when I started on Casodex because of potential clotting problems.
Are you on Lupron??.... I thought one of the side effects of ADT that disturbed many men was weight GAIN.?? This is the first I am hearing of appetite problems with ADT... this is , apparently, common??
I’m on Effexor 2 times a day , carry a large kerchief and a portable fan. 😜😜😜
I’ve been using estradiol patches prescribed by Dr. Myers for about 4 1/2 years now, they work very well, in fact I think they may help me feel better overall. They trick your body into thinking it’s got some testosterone since some of the testosterone produced in men is converted to estrogen.
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Estradiol patches are so good for hot flashes that I dropped Lupron and use only patches for ADT.
How are you making out with the " man boobs"
I had read that the patches were much more prone to produce this SE??
True but the other side effects of Lupron are gone. My man boobs aren’t any worse than other guys my age.
Man Boobs? I've got "Man Booms"
My wife calls me TNT = Two NIfty Tits...
Good Luck, Good Health and Good humor.
j-o-h-n Wednesday 06/26/2019 6:43 PM DST
I started taking the dosage you are taking and it helped 95% with hot flashes...After a month I reduced it to 1 megestrol per day..works fine and less meds.
That sounds like a plan...
My oncologist switched me from Lupron to Eligard. Not sure why, but you might want to ask yours to explain the difference and which is better for you.
Cost?
In some cases, health care professionals may use the trade name eligard or other names lupron or lupron depot or viadur when referring to the generic drug name leuprolide. rug type: Leuprolide is a hormone therapy. It is classified as an "LHRH agonist." For more detail, see "How this drug works" section below).
I have been taking the same dose as you for just a little less than a week. It hasn't seemed to improve anything yet.
It wasn't instant for me. Took a week or two to kick in. Daytime flashes are pretty much history, night time flashes are 1 a night and very mild.
Awesome, thanks for the info. I was kinda wondering how long it was going to take to kick in. Waking up every night at 4 am feeling like you are lying in a wet cold ditch is getting old.
Do you think it has increased your appetite much?
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My husband was prescribed it to help increase his appetite. It was prescribed by an oncologist who was filling in when his regular one went on holiday. He took it for about a week and it did increase his appetite. But when his onco came back he told him not to continue taking it because it is a hormone based drug so he is against patients with hormone driven cancers taking it. Instead he suggested that he start building up THC/CBD in his system to help his appetite.