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Eligard - 1 mo. , 3 mo., 6 months: any difference in side effects?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jan 16, 2023 | Replies (32)Comment receiving replies
Just an FYI, and I’ve commented on this in previous posts, Mayo @florida appears to have changed from Lupron (leuprolide) to Eligard (leuprolide). I had been getting Lupron for the past 10 years and found it easy to tolerate, and it worked well for me. Lupron is given IM and in my opinion, not painful at all. Eligard, on the other hand is given sub Q, and is extremely painful on injection and for as much as an hour post injection. My understanding is that Lupron has been difficult to obtain currently, and that may be the reason why Mayo switched to Eligard. Just be aware of the discomfort you’re probably going to experience with Eligard as opposed to Lupron. I was getting every 3 month injections routinely.
Just as an aside, I just simply couldn’t tolerate the Eligard and decided at 82 years old to go ahead and have a bilateral orchiectomy so no more ADT shots. Yay!!
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I recently had an injection of Eligard (6 mo dose). For me, the injection (abdominal) was not painful at all, and I had no irritation at the injection site afterwards. Everyone's experience is different. As to Stebro's orginal question about side effects, the dosage shouldn't make any difference, as the Eligard is a time release drug that spreads the dosage out over the full time period.