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@rxharleydude, I think fellow members @landc @BuckyFestoon @kujhawk1978 may have some thoughts to add to this question.

Harleydude, what is the need or desire to get off Lupron? Are the side effects of surgery similar to or less than ADT therapy?

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I have been on Lupron for over nine years. I am a patient at Mayo Clinic. In recent months, they were having supply issues with Lupron. Consequently, Mayo Clinic has converted over to Eligard. Eligard injection is administered SubQ & is extremely painful and the pain lingers for up to two hours post injection. I will dread getting this injection every three months for the rest of my life. A subcapsular orchiectomy is a simple procedure that can be done in the office then I wouldn’t have to get any more injections going forward. Just considering it at this point.