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Info to give your other half if they do not understand decrease in sex drive when undergoing hormone treatment (i.e., Zoladex/Prostap).

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My fiance did not quite understand why I had completely lost my libido whilst on Prostap. I did not understand this either. I wanted to be intimate with my other half but my body was just not interested so decided to research into the drug used in Prostap to find out why my libido was so poor.

I was a bit alarmed and put-off from finding out the following information about the drug, but now realise it's strength in the way it blocks hormones. Once I showed my fiance this information, he also understood the power of this hormone inhibiting drug given to help my endometriosis, and no longer felt rejected my me as knew that it was the drug making feeling as sexual as a rock!

"Leuprolide has been tested as a treatment for reducing sexual urges in pedophiles and other cases of paraphilia.[4][5] High doses are sometimes

used to chemically castrate sex offenders"

4/ Schober JM, Byrne PM, Kuhn PJ. (2006). "Leuprolide acetate is a familiar drug that may modify sex-offender behaviour: the urologist's role.". BJU international 97

5/ Schober JM, Kuhn PJ, Kovacs PG, Earle JH, Byrne PM, Fries RA. (2005). "Leuprolide acetate suppresses pedophilic urges and arousability.". Archives of Sexual Behavior 34

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Hilary100

Thanks for posting this info.

No wonder the gynaecologists don't tell you that!!!

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BecciBritt

Omg! I know understanding the side effects:(

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conker

Im having decap injections and feel exactly the same:(

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