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I have a question to those of us using Lupron

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jul 15, 2022 | Replies (46)

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By taking Lupron you are on a type of hormone therapy for prostate cancer. Prostate tissue (normal or cancerous) needs testosterone to grow. Lupron inhibits production of a hormone that, in turn, is needed for testosterone production. ... so, the Lupron is given to prevent cancer growth/spread.

It can be used in conjunction with a drug called Darolutamide, which binds to prostate tissue and blocks testosterone from binding. ... a double whammy.

Your doctor should have explained this to you. Ask him/her to next time.

I've recently started both. Not much I can say yet. Good luck.

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I am very aware of all you said. Have been for a long time. Since I have just completed my 5th.round of treatment with 4 failures behind me I have become quite knowledgeable of the basic treatments and drugs involved. I think you have missed my point. The drugs you are on will not cure you,they will only neutralize the cancer for the time being and that comes with side effects. And yes there is chemotherapy available they just use it later as a last resort when the other drugs such as you are on quit working. By then the body is so run down from the years of ADT that no wonder the chemotherapy doesn’t work well. They don’t do that for breast cancer do they? They hit it harder earlier. Why not do that with prostate cancer for the higher grade disease with early reoccurrence. This was discussed by some doctors including doctor Kwon from Mayo during the PCI summit.