Reviewer: 19-24 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year

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I am only 19 and have been on lupron depot for 6 months, at first my experience was horrible. My dotor wanted to say my problems were just muscle spasms. But i decided to have the surgey anyway. What do you know I have endometriosis. he prescribed me lupron without giving me anything to help out with the hot flashes. I was extremley emotional, couldnt sleep, severe mood swings and hot flashes. so ... Show Full Comment

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I am only 19 and have been on lupron depot for 6 months, at first my experience was horrible. My dotor wanted to say my problems were just muscle spasms. But i decided to have the surgey anyway. What do you know I have endometriosis. he prescribed me lupron without giving me anything to help out with the hot flashes. I was extremley emotional, couldnt sleep, severe mood swings and hot flashes. so found a new doctor he prescribed me medication to take with it. And I feel great. Besides feeling tired all the time
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Reviewer: Endogirl, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)

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The side effects can be rough in the beginning, but there are ways to help. Add back therapy has worked wonders for me :) Hot and cold flashes are very slim and other side effects are nonexistant. I highly recommend this drug to anyone who is suffering from endometriosis! I am only 25 and have been living with endometriosis for 10 years, and believe me the shot is worth it! Before Lupron I had 5 l ... Show Full Comment

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The side effects can be rough in the beginning, but there are ways to help. Add back therapy has worked wonders for me :) Hot and cold flashes are very slim and other side effects are nonexistant. I highly recommend this drug to anyone who is suffering from endometriosis! I am only 25 and have been living with endometriosis for 10 years, and believe me the shot is worth it! Before Lupron I had 5 laproscopic surgeries for cyst removal, and 1 surgery that resulted in the loss of an ovary, tube, and 25% of my colon.. So, to me its absolutely worth it. But, talk to your doctor about ALL SIDE EFFECTS and PRECAUTIONS while on this drug. My doctor and I discussed Lupron for months before I made my decision. And too often, we let our doctors give us drugs that we don't know what they are for and how to properly use them. Do not be this way about just Lupron, use common sense everytime they write you a prescription! And do research as well. A lot of people on here blame their doctors when the only real person they can blame is themself.
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Reviewer: darlene, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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I have been on Lupron for 4 mths now. My pain is gone my period is gone, I don't mind the flashes, but I am extremely tired and do not sleep well. I do have muscle pain in my leg. Very annoying, especially when trying to sleep.

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I have been on Lupron for 4 mths now. My pain is gone my period is gone, I don't mind the flashes, but I am extremely tired and do not sleep well. I do have muscle pain in my leg. Very annoying, especially when trying to sleep.
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Reviewer: tuffenuffred, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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I had moderate endometriosis and my highly recommended gyn told me to take Lupron to "burn out the endo". She did not warn me about the side effects,however gave me a packet of info which I read.When I went back to get 1st shot she minimized my anxiety and assured me this was great!! I was supposed to have 6 shots but stopped after 3 mos(shots). I now have extreme fatigue,depression, and ... Show Full Comment

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I had moderate endometriosis and my highly recommended gyn told me to take Lupron to "burn out the endo". She did not warn me about the side effects,however gave me a packet of info which I read.When I went back to get 1st shot she minimized my anxiety and assured me this was great!! I was supposed to have 6 shots but stopped after 3 mos(shots). I now have extreme fatigue,depression, and have now been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. I would not have blamed the drug had I not read about all the possible side effects in another book about endometriosis. It recommend getting a bone scan after treatment with Lupron and told a story of a 20-ish woman with the bones of a 60 yr old.And that was the tip of the side effect iceberg!!The big problem with Lupron for endo is that there are not enough docs who care enough to find the disease in a laparoscopy so they do the drug route to save themselves time.If you have endo read from the endo organizations sites and learn about your options and the few true endo experts before making any decision. I would rather give myself a hysterectomy than touch Lupron again!!
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Reviewer: Sshields31, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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I started Lupron therapy in April for my impending myomectomy this July and the first and 2nd months were hell. Lost of hot flashes, then came the cold flashes/chills and the night sweats. The first month there was injection site pain, headaches. Fatigue has continued as I was severely anemic.Anemia has gotten better as I haven't had a cycle since January but now in the third month I seem to e ... Show Full Comment

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I started Lupron therapy in April for my impending myomectomy this July and the first and 2nd months were hell. Lost of hot flashes, then came the cold flashes/chills and the night sweats. The first month there was injection site pain, headaches. Fatigue has continued as I was severely anemic.Anemia has gotten better as I haven't had a cycle since January but now in the third month I seem to experiencing an actual period even though I am on both Lupron AND an oral hormone with estrogen because my Doc says lupron can cause bone loss as it has no estrogen in it.. Yeah I'm all screwed up! Anyway, I was wonderin gif anyone has experienced hairloss. I believe I am and it's not due to low iron because I am PUMPED up on that stuff! I think Lupron has a lot of good and bad things associated with it. I'll be glad when the whole ordeal is over....
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