ENDO Messages for March, 2006: Re: Need Lupron Help

Re: Need Lupron Help

From: Kermit (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Mar 30 22:22:05 2006

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David,

I wish I had a friend like you! Keep posting questions in here because we all need a little testosterone! (You know, estrogen just feeds the endo:) I have never taken Lupron, but I have studied it and have been given information about it. It says that pain relief generally starts in months 2 to 3. If your friends' shots are monthly, then she is beyond this time frame ("4th Lupron shot"). Her doctor is really not realizing her pain, nor believing her, and this concerns me. Lupron does NOT work for everyone. There are posts in here that are positive and negative on the subject. It is like a 50/50 chance at pain relief. If your friend is not getting pain relief from this drug, then I would talk to her doctor about stopping it or changing therapy. Lupron has given women long term side effects such as bone density changes and changes in thought processes. Many women have stated that they have memory loss and other alzheimer-like changes. Has she had surgery or tried other treatments? I'm sorry if you mentioned it before. Maybe other women in here will respond by saying that it took them 5-6 months for pain relief. That may be the case and she might have to wait a month or two. But, the treatment only lasts normally for 6 months, so I would think by now she should be feeling a little better. No one should be in agony like that. Tell your friend that we wish her luck and are sending out a bunch of (((HUGS))) for her:) -Kerm

At Thu, 30 Mar 2006, David wrote: >
>To anyone and everyone I need your help. My friend is on her 4th Lupron
>shot and is still feeling no relief from the daily agony of
>endometriosis. Her pain doctor that she visits will not prescribe
>anymore pain medication because he believes that Lupron works for
>everyone and she shouldn’t be feeling any pain right now. I know for
>certain from my research and from here that Lupron doesn’t work the same
>for everyone and I was hoping you could help me by telling your story of
>your Lupron experience and that even after the fourth shot a lot of
>women still experience real and true pain. We were going to print out
>as many as I can get so that she can take them to her Doctor as proof
>that the pain IS there and it is not all in her head.
>
>Please and thank you for any help you can provide.
>She is a very wonderful and special woman and if any of this can help
>her I would be in debt to all of you.
>
>--
>David
>

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