Prostap injection - initial side affects?

[Dartmouth93]

Hi ladies I’m booked to have my first prostap injection tomorrow morning and I’m a bit nervous. Just wanted to see what your experiences are with initial side effects so I’m prepared! I know we all react differently though. Thank you x

[Moon_maiden]

If I hadn’t already discovered Emla cream to numb the area, I’d have struggled. Overall I didn’t get side effects. I hope it helps 🙂

[Dartmouth93 in reply to Moon_maiden]

Thank you I’m okay with injections so I was fine even though it was quite a big one! Arm is a bit sore now but feeling ok aside from tired. Will see how it goes the next few weeks! X

[Moon_maiden in reply to Dartmouth93]

Hopefully it will help quite quickly 🙂🤞

[Pacman12]

Hi there! I had my 5th (monthly) prostap yesterday - I’m not great with injections but have found these quite painless (I take paracetamol about an hour before). I did get a flare in symptoms a couple of weeks in but these settled about 2 weeks or so later. I started hrt (gel) around the time of my second injection as I was starting to experience menopausal symptoms and this only took a couple of days to take effect. I had a really good couple of months which was amazing but then started bleeding and had a lot of pain in December which was a bit of a shock - my consultant said it was unlucky and unfortunately for me while the pain has settled a bit the bleeding has not. Am now booked in for a hysterectomy mid Feb (which was the plan when I started the prostap) so hopefully that will help (consultant thinks my adenomyosis is the biggest contributor to my pain rather than the endo).

I was similarly nervous before starting the prostap but the initial side effects for me were nowhere as bad as I had feared - and even though things have taken a different turn more recently I think I’d still do the same thing again. Hope that helps and that it all goes well tomorrow 😊 xx

[Dartmouth93 in reply to Pacman12]

Thanks so much that’s really helpful 🥰 It was okay just feeling tired now. And mentally prepared for my symptoms to get worse before they get better but hopefully they will help over time fingers crossed!

[Dartmouth93 in reply to Dartmouth93]

Xx

[Pacman12 in reply to Dartmouth93]

Ah, glad it went ok! Fingers crossed that you don’t get any short term side effects or that they are mild and it gives you a benefit overall 😊 xx

[Dartmouth93 in reply to Pacman12]

Feeling really tired with a headache / nausea today and emotional! Howling it doesn’t last long xx

[Dartmouth93 in reply to Dartmouth93]

Hoping!

[KDA0510]

Hi Dartmouth93, I’m on my 2nd month and I’ve only had hot flushes at night. No other side effects. I had to administer the injection myself and just numbed it beforehand with ice. If you’re having it administered by the nurse, ask her to pinch you quite tightly and you shouldn’t feel it too badly. Best of luck!

[Dartmouth93 in reply to KDA0510]

Thanks so much it was a little painful but not too bad. Waiting for the hot flushes to no doubt start the next few days but hoping apart from that it won’t be too bad! X