Eligard for Prostate Cancer User Reviews (Page 2)

• Pia...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 19, 2022

"Here’s what I’ve learned. You have a choice: either take the drug and have a semi-miserable remainder of your life with some or all of the above-listed side effects as you are being treated palliatively for longevity, or refuse the treatment and enjoy the short, better quality of life. Either way, you're going to die. The choice is how do you want to go out. I was cancer-free for 15 years after treatment until two years ago. PSA started to double as cancer is starting to spread. It went to the lymph nodes. This is kind of normal for prostate cancer life. 10 to 15 years of freedom, then it will come back. I only wanted an extra 5 years to get some goals met, then I was okay to die. The ELIGARD would give me that chance (maybe). However, after two months after my first six-month shot, it destroys my energy, desire, along with my bones and muscles, making it near impossible to meet those goals. Now I’m thinking maybe this wasn’t the way to go. Also, you get absolutely no support in this."

• Mik...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• September 23, 2021

"I, like others have posted, feel I've had enough. 7 months of 'monthly' injections, not too many bad side effects until month 7, now I just felt it overloaded my body. I stopped for 2 months and just had a 3-month injection, being told it would not be as invasive, rubbish as I am now back in the throes of strange side effects, mostly constant diarrhea, bowel incontinence, and all 24/7 hot flashes. The same reason I stopped Casodex after 3 months due to severe 'hand and foot syndrome.' I can control the mental aspects, but I think this was my last injection. Sure, the traditional approach probably saved my life, but every body is different in terms of the post-radiation treatments. Obviously, check with your doctor before a decision like this!!! ...But 'traditional' has to be modified depending on the individual."

• Joh...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• March 30, 2022

"If you are interested, watch a YT video called, “High PSA (prostate-specific antigen) is NOT a diagnosis for prostate cancer.” I watched this after having Eligard treatments. The video made me angry, but it was eye-opening. Was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2014. I was treated with radioactive seeds, it worked for just over 1 1/2 years! My PSA started climbing, so I was given Lupron injections. The Lupron injections kept my PSA down for just over 1 1/2 years. After a period of time without any injections, my PSA started rising again, so my doctor started me on Lupron injections, the Lupron injections brought my PSA back down again. Then the side effects started, I never thought a person could go through so much misery! The only way I could handle it was giving all that I was going through to Jesus Christ! Loss of muscle mass plus. Now, after receiving these Eligard injections, my PSA is starting to rise again?? I’ve lost so much muscle mass, I stopped Eligard!"

• Cit...
• December 23, 2016

"I had my first Eligard shot recently. It's difficult to say what side effects I'm having. Because I have spinal stenosis, I have had surgery to relieve pressure on the sciatic nerves on each side, and I have edema in both legs and feet, as well as pain. There are spots on my feet where I have no feeling, with the right foot being more affected. I cannot walk around with something on my feet, even if it is just slippers, because there are also extremely sensitive spots on my feet. I am also diabetic. I get throbbing and stabbing pains occasionally, again with the right foot being more involved. Because I've been on opioids for 15 years, I have not produced much testosterone for a long time. I am presently at 75 ng/dl. Thanks."

• geo...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• October 1, 2024

"Has helped reduce PSA from < 200 to .019 over 9 months of treatment. I've had 2 6mo shots. No problems with injections. Cannot differentiate which drug causes hot flashes, fatigue, and depression when receiving ADT. I'm receiving drugs and injections in my treatment. PSA number has steadily declined."

• Pet...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• February 27, 2022

"I am a 77-year-old, 188 cm (6 ft 2), slim, broad-shouldered (thanks to the boxing I did), diagnosed with a PSA of 20, Gleason score 9, resting pulse rate of 45. The pressure I had to have the prostate out was immense, but I refused (I had a urologist lose his temper with me over the phone because I would not have it out). 9 weeks of intensive radiation treatment, and guess what? PSA is now zero, BUT the injection of Eligard bumped my pulse rate from 44 to 80. With zero testosterone, I went to a strip club with friends - nothing happened. An hour of watching porn - no reaction. I'm slated for another injection, but another 6 months of life as a monk is really scaring me. If I don't do it soon, I will forget how to do it! Peter Nowlan, Australia."

• Bro...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• August 30, 2024

"I can sure relate to all of these Eligard reviews. She 70, diagnosed about 20 months ago. I don't recall Gleason numbers, PSA was 5.7. I had 28 radiation treatments and started Eligard. Just had the 4th shot and last. Miserable side effects. Body aches, endless peeing, shrunken penis, heart flutter, left arm pain on occasion, massive hot flashes, light-headed. Good part? PSA at .0004."

• MBa...
• June 3, 2025

"Was given a needle with a four-month dose of Eligard hormone treatment prior to forty radiation treatments. It is now over ten months since having Eligard, and my severe night sweats lessened. That's the good news. Everything I eat turns to fat, not energy. I continually have to diet, otherwise, I gain weight. My body looks awful, and I have lost my strength and endurance. Now having anxiety spells. Just an awful drug!"

• Mar...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• March 1, 2025

"Have been getting 3-month injections of this for 4 cycles. Also had Docetaxel and Nubeqa. Apart from low energy, I have had no side effects from any of these drugs. I mean nothing. Low and lowering testosterone and PSA. I do not expect prostate cancer treatment to leave my sexual function unchanged. I am nearly 79 years of age. Eligard seems to be working and is causing me no ill issues."

• Cra...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 22, 2025

"I'm 74, and I've been fighting prostate cancer for 8 years: radical prostatectomy, then heavy doses of radiation when the cancer returned the first time. Then another round of radiation when the cancer returned again. Last week, I started hormone therapy (Eligard), and I can barely get out of bed, I am so fatigued. Can anyone tell me if the fatigue situation improves with time? No way I can live with this for very long. Thanks."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 17, 2020

"Eligard caused hot flashes only. If I had read these comments before, I would never have used Eligard! Horrible!"

• Mar...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• December 12, 2019

"Hot flashes, bone pain, breast enlargements, tired, don’t care about anything anymore. Looking for a way to reverse it!"

• Slu...
• May 10, 2015

"It works for me - long story short, I'm going for my second shot on the 21st of this month."

• Thi...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• December 14, 2022

"If I had to do it all over again, I would not take Eligard. I question why this poison was ever approved."

• Dus...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 20, 2024

"I was forewarned about having hot flashes as that was the only side effect that was mentioned. Unfortunately, that has been the case, more often than I care to count."

• pet...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• September 1, 2021

"I sent a comment a few weeks back. It showed up as under consideration (23 comments, one pending), then disappeared. Was the contribution censored? If so, why was it not included?"