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Re: Confused - If Lupron Is Not a Solution - Why Does Anyone Take It?From: Brune (anonymous@obgyn.net)Fri Aug 30 16:38:47 2002
At Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Trish wrote: > >At Thu, 29 Aug 2002, Barb wrote: >> >>I see so many posts about lupron. It seems at best it only relieves the >>pain temporarily. And with all the side effects mentioned, I just don't >>understand why anyone even bothers to take it. Can anyone explain this >>to me? > >Excellent question- I tend to wonder the same things myself. Here's my >answer Doctor's get kick-back from the pharmacy company. Plus everyone >has their own theory on how to treat endo whether right or wrong. Trust >me if their was an answer to this awful disease we all wouldn't be here >right now. Most doctors say that the side effects are minimal in >comparison to the endo problems. Like i said it's just my opionion. You >couldn't pay me enough to take another injection, however for some women >it's their miracle drug. Good Luck. > >-- >Trish >I certainly do not see the side effects as minimal compared to endo. But I believe there are extremely valid reasons to take Lupron: 1) If one cannot tolerate surgery for whatever coexisting medical problem 2) fertility reasons 3) holding surgery- a stopgap to postpone surgery. I am not a Lupron basher. HOWEVER, I feel the issues such as short term memory loss even though transient ,are major issues and MUST be emphasized more by the physician as WELL as by the pharmaceutical company. It is a safety issue-can you imagine operating heavy machinery-doing important detailed work while on this drug. I have taken Lupron but have stopped anything dangerous-i.e. driving due to short term memory issues. I expect this to resolve once I'm off it. This is a physiological responsedue to the decreased estrogen.
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