Eligard: any correlation with carpal tunnel?

Posted by pkren @pkren, May 28 12:44pm

New here. Diagnosed with prostate cancer. Radiation treatment ended. Need to be on eligard for 2 years. I am 3 doses in and just like that diagnosed with severe carpal tunnel in both wrists! Curious if anyone has heard of a correlation?

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pkren | @pkren | Jun 9 4:14pm

In reply to @shelby29 "My husband has been on Eligard for 2 years. Now he has numbing and tingling in..." + (show)

Its disheartening to hear, as it seems Eligard is to blame, but yet the Oncologist said he had never heard of this.

hbp | @hbp | Jun 9 6:46pm

Efigard is similar to Erleada (a second generation ADT inhibitor). I was on Erleada and lupron for a year thereafter I had painful hand and joint issues. I visited a rheumatologist who gave me 2 series of steroid shots and advised me that this is sometimes a side effect of lupron and Erleada . The injections made it better but less than good.