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How long do the hot flashes last? Another 3 month Eligard shot today
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Nov 30 3:54pm | Replies (15)Comment receiving replies
A doctor at one of the conferences I attended recently said that he reduced the fatigue by increasing the prednisone from 5 mg to 7 1/2 mg. I know someone else that increased it to 10 mg and it worked for them. Ask your doctor.
Getting a lot of exercise is supposed to help in reducing the fatigue as well. Weight training and walking daily can really help, and they also offset the deterioration of your muscles that occurs when you’re on Zytiga and Lupron.
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+1 for exercise. And it doesn't have to be intense -- with weights, while it's always tempting to keep going up, I find I get the best results from light weights with lots of reps rather than heavy weights with fewer reps. And for exercise, 10,000 steps split into 4 separate walks is just as good as (if not better than) a single walking marathon every day, and is less likely to trigger hot flushes from overexertion.