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Re: Lupron w/o confirmed diagnosis
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Nov 28 09:43:08 2006
In about 50% of women Lupron does nothing to relieve their pain, and
even if it works you can only take two 6-month courses of the drug in
your lifetime. It will put you into chemical menopause, and it can
cause depression, bone loss, joint pain/fibromyalgia, memory problems,
etc. AND when you are done you still won't have a diagnosis, AND if the
pain comes back you'll be right where you are - but maybe with a few
lasting side effects, and you won't be able to take any more Lupron.
Lupron was first used as a chemotherapy drug for men with prostate
cancer. It is chemotherapy. Did your doctor tell you that? It might
not even stop your periods!
I hope you will do some research on Lupron, and consider getting a new
doctor. Your symptoms sound a bit like endo of the diaphragm, so you
may want to research that, too.
Good luck!
At Mon, 27 Nov 2006, Megan wrote:
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>In August, I started having pain associated with drinking alcohol. The
>pain was in my kidney area, and sparked every time I had a drink of
>alcohol. The pain then progressed to add my right shoulder, and
>radiated down to my elbow and I get numbness in my pinky/ring fingers. I
>went to the doctor, and ended up going through various tests and the
>docs decided it was my gallbladder. So, I had my gallbladder removed,
>via lap procedure. W/in 2 days, I developed a pulmonary embolism, and
>then went on blood thinners. W/in 5 days, they found that I was
>bleeding internally, and I ended up having abdominal surgery to fix that
>problem. 17 days later, I was released from the hospital, with one HUGE
>problem. The pain that I started with, is still there!! At first my
>docs were content to just "wait it out", put me on percocet, and
>oxycontin to manage the pain for a month, and then they wanted me to
>wean off. Well, it is now the end of November, and I am still on the
>Oxycontin, and the pain is nowhere near improving.
>
>SO.... why I am I posting on here! I am typically "normal" as far as my
>periods go. However, I have had 3 periods in the past 7 weeks. My
>pain, typically, is worse 2-3 days out of the week, however, during the
>day or two before my period begins and while it is going on, I have
>around 5-6 days of tremendous pain. So, I called my ob-gyn to ask about
>all of this, and he is now suggesting treating me with Lupron. I had a
>diagnostic lap done in march of 2005, just found that there was "scar
>tissue" on one of my tubes, but no confirmed "endometriosis". I also
>had my tubes tied in Jan 2006, the day after my 3rd son was born.
>
>So, because of all of these recent complications with operations, he is
>trying to stear clear of doing another lap. My concern, is Lupron going
>to cause all sorts of emotional, and physical trauma, for a condition,
>that we don't even know if I have??!?!?!
>
>I am depressed about even the thought of having to go into menopause for
>even a short time. I have been dealing with this kidney area/shoulder
>pain since August now. I have gone through 3 operations, and seen
>endless numbers of doctors trying to figure out what is going on.
>
>I have done EVERYTHING that has been suggested, with no success, I just
>don't know if I can handle, what I perceive is, a tremendous strain on
>one's body both emotionally and physically.
>
>I actually go and see my ob-gyn on Thursday to discuss this, so I have
>been trying to become as informed as possible. Any thoughts or
>suggestions that might help make this decision easier for me would be
>great!!
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