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I got the 6 month hormone shot 14 months ago for prostate cancer and still suffering the side effects. I feel I was not told how bad this treatment is. I have no energy and no sex drive and it has ruined my life. My doctors will not give me any answers on why or when my testosterone will return. Don't understand why a 6 month last 14 months. I wanted to only do the 3 month shot and was told not to and take the 6 month. Has anyone else had any issues like this from the shot if so please let me know when you started to feel normal.

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I couldn't agree more with your statement. I received my one and only dose of Lupron in June of 2022 and was not given all the information in regard to how life changing this would be. Although the Radiation/ oncologist strongly encouraged me to continue with the Lupron injections I opted to stop after the first dose. The combination of hot flashes, mood swings and overall depression turned me into someone I didn't even recognize. Never again would I agree to that course of treatment. The radiation (31) sessions was difficult but it has made a significant difference so far. Not a time in my life I would choose to repeat if given a choice. My psa 3months after radiation was 0.11 and now after another 3 months is at 0.03. I feel great and pray each day that I will never have to go through that again! Best of luck to all those that follow in these steps.

Hi George, they wanted me to do the 3 month and I told them nope I’ll do it monthly n after two months found out about orgavix the oral tab n allows test to return much quicker n thank God I did. After two months of lupron n the 5 months of orgavix it came back within two weeks, actually higher than it’s ever been at 585 but so did the psa to 6, so got back on the adt along with zytiga n psa went back down to.76. After a month I found out about ivermectin n did 6 doses of 48mg/ every other day n my psa dropped to its lowest ever at.11, proceeded to get off adt n zytiga, test returned after two weeks but the psa remained low below 1, @.90…, I’m taking my second dose of ivermectin this time 3 days concurrently @42 mg/ daily and will keep you posted..