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Re: Lupron headaches--add back therapy?
From: Tara (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Nov 28 09:54:09 2006
I was on Lupron for 6 months and didn't know anything about the add-back
therapy though I have heard a lot of good things about it. I too
suffered from terrible headaches and the worst night- time hot flashes
ever... I would be completely soaked through! No fun at all. The
Lupron Unfortunately is only a temporary relief from the pain.
Definitely research the Add-back therapy more... I wish I had known
about it. Good Luck with everything! (I think my doctor had my on
Agestin when I was on Lupron, that only helped a little bit nothing to
brag about)
At Tue, 28 Nov 2006, Julie wrote:
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>Hello--I haven't posted for a few weeks and I have some questions about
>headaches while on Lupron Depot. I just had surgery for what turned out
>to be severe endometriosis on November 16. They were not able to remove
>all the endo on my bowel using the laparascopic technique so they had to
>leave some of it. While I was in the recovery room the nurse gave me a
>3-month Lupron shot. I consented to get it, but the nurse was
>unfamiliar with the injection and couldn't tell me about it and I was
>still pretty groggy from anesthesia. I'm more than a little annoyed
>that I had to make a decision about how I was going to feel for 3 months
>while impaired, but that's another problem.
>
>Anyway, my question is, have any of you taken "add-back therapy" with
>norethindrone while on Lupron, and does it help with headaches? My main
>side effects seem to be that I wake up hot in the middle of the night
>and can't go back to sleep (which is making me really tired in the
>daytime), and a constant headache that ranges from annoying to pretty
>severe. My head starting hurting the day after my surgery and injection
>and hasn't ever stopped since. Also, does the norethindrone help with
>hot flashes?
>
>Thanks a lot everyone.
>
>--
>Julie M
>
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