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ADT, Hot Flashes and Ashwagandha: Is it safe?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Nov 25, 2025 | Replies (23)

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@pesquallie
The studies have shown that men don’t get back to the same testosterone level they were at before not that they don’t get back to a normal testosterone level. I’ve heard of a lot of people stopping Lupron and only a few that ever said they didn’t ever get back to a normal level. Attend an ancan.org Weekly advanced prostate cancer meeting and find out more, But you will find out most men do get most of their testosterone back.

People and Orgovyx get it back much quicker, I’ve heard at least a couple people say their testosterone came back in a few months.

There is no standard lower dose of Lupron. They have one month, three months, four month and six month shots. The drug is absorbed into the body over that time and dissipates right after that amount of time passes. If you were to get a lower amount of Lupron, it would just be absorbed quicker.

You could instead take Orgovyx and not take the pill every day. It does have a 25 hour half-life. It would still drop your testosterone quite low.

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@jeffmarc

The Lupron level was obviously way too high for me and was becoming life threatening. I had no choice but to stop treatment. I find it hard to believe that everyone absorbs Lupron at the same rate. More than 7 months after my 3-month shot I still have essentially the same testosterone level and side effects are still severe but not quite as bad as 3 months ago. It seems I am still processing the Lupron when it should have been gone. I am more than a month beyond the normal half-life.