ENDO Messages for November, 2006: Re: Lupron headaches--add back therapy?

Re: Lupron headaches--add back therapy?

From: laura (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Nov 28 12:27:33 2006

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At Tue, 28 Nov 2006, Tara wrote: >
>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:
>>
>>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
>>

--
Im on Lupron and i have the add back therapy. Im taking hormone patches to help with the side affects
The lupron is not working for me, i still got horrible periods and horrible pain. The headaches will not
go away. I have headaches all the time and i think it is because of the lupron. You
might want to ask your doctor about that side effect. I told my doctor about my
periods being bad and she said she had never heard of that. My last option is a hysterectomy. So Good
luck. Wish you well!

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