Pain and stiffness in hands after ADT?

I have this issue and I visited a specialist about it who told me that it is a side effect of ADT. I was given injections of steroids which help. It is manageable and presently I live with in without medication. I have given up golf due to the hand issue. I’m 78 and golf is one of the things that I have given up since I was diagnosed with PC about 4 years ago.

I’ve had trigger finger on multiple fingers, All of them on one hand and the pinky finger on another. They don’t go away over time But I have a great hand surgeon that gives me Cortizone shots in those fingers, and it fixes the problem. I’m 77 and none of my fingers are bothering me now. I just had Cortizone in both pinky fingers about a month ago, Took about a week and a half before it became effective, but it fully relieved my problem.

I have been on ADT for almost nine years.

I am a type II diabetic and a PC patient who had IMRT external beam radiation. I have had 7 trigger fingers up till now and all have been successfully treated with cortisone shots.

You can have up to two shots in each finger and then if it returns they do an in office simple outpatient procedure to fix the finger permanently. I have not had to do the procedure as yet.

Check into the shots. They work!

@capatov

Hey capatov, what type of doctor did you see for the cortisone shots? I've been experiencing trigger finger in 3 fingers and pain in both index and middle fingers daily. I'd love some relief.

@dranible - I see a hand and finger specialist at a large orthopedic practice. He has been administering steroid injections for my trigger fingers (when they crop up) for years. I would encourage you to find a hand/finger specialist as they do this all the time. Also, they can numb the surface with cold spray before they inject you so it hurts less.

@capatov
Thank you. Much appreciated. Take care.

Same here, including hips, knees. Eligard. Off for over a year, no reduction
in side effects!

Yeah, another side effect. ADT the gift that keeps giving. Well, this is the first time I’ve heard of this. It will be a year that I’ve been off from work due to not being able to use my hands. Saw my primary and he was fixated with trigger finger but it turned out to be carpel tunnel. I had it bad in both wrists, unable to do anything and testing (what fun) showed that I was off the scale on both. Being it was Christmas, I got two cortisone shots which helped. But surgery was needed which I received earlier this year. Doing well, no pain and getting back to normal. All I’m saying is maybe look into carpel tunnel.

I had joint pain for 18 months after quitting ADT. I had physical therapy which might have helped, or it could have been the passage of time.

Since I’ve been on ADT I’ve had two knees and one hip replaced, I’ve got major arthritis problems in my left thumb and my Left shoulder.

That’s besides having trigger finger problems on six fingers.

Nine years of ADT and that’s maybe the cause.