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Why is the experience of negative SE’s of ADT so variable…or are they?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jun 28, 2025 | Replies (23)Comment receiving replies
My personal belief is that the side effects are universal and the personal subjective experience of them varies. For example, some people are very pain tolerant while others are very pain sensitive. I would guess patients follow the common Bell curve distribution when it comes to the range of experience…
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Not sure how subjective anemia, glucose intolerance, elevated lipids, osteopenia are, yet they vary among individuals on ADT.
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I think that's very true. Every day when I was in hospital, the nurses asked me my pain level, and it was usually 2 or 3 (out of 10), but that might be someone else's 7 or 8. For me, a pain level of 9 or 10 means it would be too much for me to stay conscious.