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Re: Lupron and Add Back Therapy..Dr. Refuses to Give Met
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 30 Sep 2003 13:45:30 -0500 (CDT)
My doctor prescribed Lupron shots for my endometriosis last year. I
took them for 6 months and had great success. I did have side effects
of hot flashes and mood swings but the pain relief well out weighed the
side effects.
At Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Tera wrote:
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>Hello, Please what ever you do don't do Lupron there is support group for
>Lupron I believe it is under http://www.lupron.com do the research Lupron is very
>dangerious. Ask about Zoladex the medication is not so dangerious. If you
>go to ask jeeves and do a search on both Lupron and Zoladex you will see the
>pros and cons. Please do the research a specialist thought of putting me on
>Lupron and after talking with my doctor and doing the research I can't
>believe he would've even suggested it. Zoladex does the same thing, it will
>put you into menopause and you will have to take estrogen for hot flashes,
>cold sweets and all the other fun stuff. If you have any questions you can
>email me at autobeau@hotmail.com and I can give you more information. Hope
>this helps a little. Tera Beaumont in Dallas
>
>>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Sharon)
>>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS-MEDICATION
>><pcos-medication@forum.obgyn.net>
>>Subject: Lupron and Add Back Therapy..Dr. Refuses to Give Met
>>Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 18:26:30 -0500
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>>My RE also has refused to prescribe Met. He feels that there is not
>>enough of a connection with IR (proven). Instead he has suggested
>>Lupron injections which will send me into menopause with add back of
>>estrogen. To me, this seems even scarier than trying Met. Has anyone
>>even heard of this?? I would love to hear from anyone who has, since I
>>can't seem to find anyone that has ever been prescribed this treatment.
>>THANKS!!
>>
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