Prostap and breakthrough pain

[smiley1]

Is it usual to have breakthrough pain whilst on prostap?

[Chrissie66]

Hi Smiley - I don't know if it's usual, but I always do x

[smiley1 in reply to Chrissie66]

Thanks Chrissie66 how quickly is it for you?

[Chrissie66 in reply to smiley1]

Pretty much from the off, and then every month when I am supposed to be bleeding.

How long have you been having the injections?

[smiley1 in reply to Chrissie66]

I was to have 4 injections before surgery. I had the first one in June then opted to have the 3 month injection so I'm into the second month of the three month if that makes sense.

[Chrissie66 in reply to smiley1]

I've never had a three month one so not sure how they work...but speaking generally for Prostap, although overall it's a break from the pain, there are some days when I am still curled up. But my last course was specifically to shrink a cyst and despite the pain which might have suggested it wasn't working properly, the cyst was completely gone by the end of the treatment. I'm sure it's doing its job, and you'll be fine x

[missteal]

I have heard that prostrap can make the pain worse before making it better x

[smiley1 in reply to missteal]

Thanks MissTeal

[Becsidom]

Hi ladies - As MissTeal said (hi Kat by the way!) Prostap/Zoladex all hormone based medications like this usually make endo pain a lot worse before it gets better. In very basic terms, they work by stimulating your pituitary glad to produce lots of Estrogen. Estrogen feeds Endo and so makes the pain worse. The produce of Estrogen is increased so much that the glad in effect becomes tired out and unable to produce any more Estrogen, which in turn stops your periods and helps the endo shrink, but until you get to that stage the endo usually gets worse first.

Also it doesn't work for every endo sufferer especially more severe endo. xx