Personally, I feel my hot flushes (I've heard that's the European term, and it seems more accurately descriptive to me: mine last longer than a "flash") have lessened considerably now a year-plus into leuprolide and I think six months added abiraterone/prednisone. Or, maybe I've just gotten used to them. Good luck with yours!
Personally, I feel my hot flushes (I've heard that's the European term, and it seems more accurately descriptive to me: mine last longer than a "flash") have lessened considerably now a year-plus into leuprolide and I think six months added abiraterone/prednisone. Or, maybe I've just gotten used to them. Good luck with yours!
I've tried low dosage (100 mg/day) of gabapentin which seemed to help for a while but it is a medication for which the body builds up tolerance, and I don't want to get on that escalator.
I also came across a device called EmbrWave2 (see on Amazon) that is not cheap but is like a wrist watch that you wear and over time some people can train their brain to avoid the thermonuclear hot flashes. When you feel a hot flash coming on there is a button you push on the device which causes the side of it contacting the inside of your wrist to get very cold. It took a while for me to "train" my system to mitigate the bad hot flashes by using this. It's sort of a physio-biometric approach to mitigating hot flashes. I learned about it from a female oncologist who said some of her coworkers who are going through menopause found it helpful.
A study was done some time ago about treating hot flashes from ADT therapy with Paroxetine Hydrochloride (Paxil) with very positive results not only reducing the number of occurrences but also their intensity. I discussed this with my primary care doctor and we decided to give it a try. One 20mg tablet a day and my hot flashes are down to maybe one a day and very mild. Before starting it I was having 4 to 6 a day and every night as well.
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Thank you, and best of luck to you!
Personally, I feel my hot flushes (I've heard that's the European term, and it seems more accurately descriptive to me: mine last longer than a "flash") have lessened considerably now a year-plus into leuprolide and I think six months added abiraterone/prednisone. Or, maybe I've just gotten used to them. Good luck with yours!
I’ve been on same 3 meds for 18 months and feel hot flashes have diminished
Still dealing with light headed, dizzy spells and nausea.
I've tried low dosage (100 mg/day) of gabapentin which seemed to help for a while but it is a medication for which the body builds up tolerance, and I don't want to get on that escalator.
I also came across a device called EmbrWave2 (see on Amazon) that is not cheap but is like a wrist watch that you wear and over time some people can train their brain to avoid the thermonuclear hot flashes. When you feel a hot flash coming on there is a button you push on the device which causes the side of it contacting the inside of your wrist to get very cold. It took a while for me to "train" my system to mitigate the bad hot flashes by using this. It's sort of a physio-biometric approach to mitigating hot flashes. I learned about it from a female oncologist who said some of her coworkers who are going through menopause found it helpful.
Here's a link to their website: https://embrlabs.com/products/embr-wave-2
I was going to try Venlafaxine but there was an interaction with other meds I take including abiraterone and orgovyx.
A study was done some time ago about treating hot flashes from ADT therapy with Paroxetine Hydrochloride (Paxil) with very positive results not only reducing the number of occurrences but also their intensity. I discussed this with my primary care doctor and we decided to give it a try. One 20mg tablet a day and my hot flashes are down to maybe one a day and very mild. Before starting it I was having 4 to 6 a day and every night as well.
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