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Lupron shortage update from the FDA

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The only dosage available available for the foreseeable future are the 1 month shots. Check out their site here-

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SPEEDYX

MO are switching to Eligard it is the same medicine...for now.

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SPEEDYX

Hopefully Relugolix a pill to replace shots may be approve by end of year.

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V10fanatic in reply toSPEEDYX

My MO said it will likely be very expensive, so don't be surprised if insurance companies balk at first.

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SPEEDYX in reply toV10fanatic

What else is new...we pay so much into insurance and have to fight every step of the way...Thanks for the info

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Shooter1 in reply toSPEEDYX

They don't balk at paying for orchiectomy. No more Lupron for life.

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SPEEDYX in reply toShooter1

This is true!!!....but most men don't it and they have the women too

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Shooter1 in reply toSPEEDYX

2 peanuts (jelly beans) in a sack weren't worth much to me.

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SPEEDYX in reply toShooter1

Well my hair did grow back🧔

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Shooter1 in reply toSPEEDYX

Mine too. Soft white babies hair. Beard only below jaw line and on neck.

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SPEEDYX in reply toShooter1

If only we were like Benjamin Button

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Survivor1965 in reply toShooter1

Never ever, those go with me into the furnace,,

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Shooter1 in reply toSurvivor1965

Understood... Hope you don't die of cardio problems from lupron. At 70 I miss sex and empty bag takes some getting used to. But after prostatectomy, sex was gone for good anyhow.

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Survivor1965 in reply toShooter1

Shooter, even though I try to stay informed and up to date with the in's and out's of Pc and all the meds etc I still feeling like I can't keep up and constantly want to bury my head in the sand. That said, can you help me understand what you said about the cardio issues relating to long term Lupron? My cardio seems to be getting gradually worse even though I work at it, and the weight gain is ridiclous.

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DarkEnergy

Hats off to my Dana-Farber team, I got a letter from my insurance company, that they approved Leuprolide acetate order for one year supply, this is how sourcing is done!

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Chugach

Toilet paper shortage; ammo shortage and now Lupron shortage- what’s next?????

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j-o-h-n in reply toChugach

Depends.........

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Saturday 09/05/2020 1:33 PM DST

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keepinon in reply toj-o-h-n

HaHa. I got it!!

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j-o-h-n in reply tokeepinon

Thank Goodness..... you did...... Most of the members here ignore my posts....But that's ok... they only ignore me on days that end in "Y".....

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Sunday 09/06/2020 2:37 PM DST

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SPEEDYX in reply toj-o-h-n

Y

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j-o-h-n in reply toSPEEDYX

Tomorrow....

Weekend....

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Sunday 09/06/2020 5:13 PM DST

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j-o-h-n in reply toSPEEDYX

Y Y?

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Monday 09/07/2020 12:20 PM DST

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SPEEDYX in reply toj-o-h-n

Never say Never?

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j-o-h-n in reply toSPEEDYX

I'm sure I never did....

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Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Monday 09/07/2020 5:14 PM DST

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Survivor1965 in reply toChugach

coin lol

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Howard53545

Oh no

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Survivor1965

Oh shit

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