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Reducing lupron hot flashes with Black Cohosh?
My urologist has suggested using Black Cohosh for reducing hot flashes 9 months after receiving a 6 month Lupron injection and 4 months after radiation....
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 29, 2025
Menopause products for hot flashes from Lupron
My surgery was 11/11/24, and a year later we've begun radiation to attack what remains. I had a hormone injection (Lupron) in October and still...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 15, 2025
Hot flashes after Lupron: 7 months and counting
I had a single Lupron shot 7 months ago before beginning radiation. I'm 68, Gleason 9, had surgery 11/11/24. My PSA was still low (0.04)...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: May 27 1:21pm
Is anyone else experiencing hot flashes a few years AFTER Lupron?
I was diagnosed 3/22 and had 1 3-mo Lupron shot 4/22 and RALP 8/22; had hot flashes then that were lessened with 37.5 mg Venlafaxine...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 19 9:45am
Lupron generated hot flashes: Any tips on how to manage them?
Nearing completion of 18 months lupron hormone treatment along with EBR. Side effects so far manageable but intense hot flashes along with severe and deep...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 5, 2023
Warmth in back? Not hot flashes...I had those, after Lupron shot
I was treated with IMRT from Oct-Dec 2019 for prostate cancer contained within----no spread. Had one Lupron shot (to last 6 months---tho I am aware...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jul 18, 2020
Reversal of penile shortening after stopping Lupron
I am a 71 yo diagnosed with Gleason 9 PC in August2021. Had RP 10/21. Six months post op PSA rose to 0.37 and a...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 1, 2025
Hot flashes worsening again after years of being tolerable
Hello, My father has received monthly Lupron injections for ten years and after the initial few years, the hot flashes became tolerable and extremely intermittent....
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 12, 2025
What helped me with hot flashes: What helped you?
Just thought this might be useful to people out there who have been hot flashing countless times a day like I was. My oncologist gave...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 27, 2024
So tired of hot flashes, side effects! Considering stopping treatment
I am so tired of hot flashes, etc. I stopped everything but Lupron but am considering stopping as well.Stage 4b prostate cancer. I think I...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 17, 2025
Lupron side effects a year after one injection
I’m experiencing whole body hot flashes a full year after receiving a Lupron 6 ( supposedly) month shot a year ago this past August ,about...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 28, 2025
How long do the side effects of Lupron/Eligard last?
This Monday I am getting my number 3 and last injection of 6 month duration Eligard/Lupron. This is after 39 Proton Beam sessions which began...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: May 9 11:20am
ADT, Hot Flashes and Ashwagandha: Is it safe?
I have received 3, three-month Lupron shots and radiation therapy for Gleason 3+4 prostate cancer. After the final shot in June, my PSA was <...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Nov 25, 2025
How did you manage mood swings while on Lupron or other ADT?
My husband has been getting Lupron injections ev 3 months and is about 16 months in. As expected has hot flashes but is most troubled...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Feb 27 7:06am
After Lupron Depot, which med?
I've been given Lupron depot at a 12-week dosage (22.5mg, into the butt), but still have significant side effects of over a dozen hot flashes...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Feb 11, 2025
Does anyone take gummies or edibles to manage going through radiation?
Lupron shot was 3 weeks ago (Hello, hot flashes). Simulation is 3 weeks from now, with radiation starting a week later. My sister-in-law suggested I...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Nov 8, 2025
Resolution of Side Effects after Stopping ADT/Lupron
Hello everyone. I am 70 years old and was diagnosed with PC about 2 and a half years ago, G9 with extra capsular extension but...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 1, 2025
Side effects three days post prostate radiation?
Just finish 35 rad. treatment for raising PSA. I'm also about two month into lupron therapy. Have had the hot flashes, joint pain, diarrhea but...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 1, 2025
Treatment & Travel: Please offer your opinion
I am struggling with the decision if should I cancel my 2 week hiking trip to Slovenia in early September.I plan to start SBRT, with...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 22 8:58pm
Disability for cancer treatment side effects
My 50 year old husband has aggressive Gleason 9 prostate cancer, staged at IIIB, with lymph node involvement. After prostate removal and 10 weeks of...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 21, 2023