Triptorelin User Reviews & Ratings

• Lee...
• July 20, 2009

Triptorelin for Prostate Cancer "To date, I have had 2 injections of Trelstar LA. Each injection lasts 3 months. I have not had any other type of medication like this, so I cannot compare it with others. At first, the hot flashes were so severe that I became dizzy and had some nausea. These effects became more tolerable over time, and I no longer have such severe reactions. I have hot flashes every day and during the night. I believe the hot flashes are worse at night. I have trouble getting to sleep sometimes because I am sweating one minute and cold the next. I sometimes wake in the night covered in sweat, and the pillow and sheets are wet. I have experienced weight gain and some enlargement of my breasts. There has been a change in my personality and moods."

• Ble...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 18, 2012

Triptorelin for Prostate Cancer "Dr. ordered Trelstar for one year, beginning at the end of radiation. PSA has been undetectable since! Was it the treatment, medicine, or both? Many side effects! Hot flashes can be VERY bad, where I feel like throwing up, passing out, etc. Some are very minor, averaging about 15 a day. The monthly dose has been much better than the larger dose of a similar medicine taken two years ago! Other side effects are too numerous to mention, but are generally mild."

• ern...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 30, 2012

Triptorelin for Prostate Cancer "My local primary care trust summarily decreed that LHRH treatments were to be changed from Zoladex LA to Triptorelin - this is, without even seeming to give a thought to the possible effects of the changeover. (No relevant trials had ever been recorded for such a change.) However, after my 'mandatory' injection of Triptorelin, I immediately began to suffer from as many as 20 hot flushes every day. I began to record these flushes, and after only 2 weeks into the 3-month cycle, I complained to both my GP and to the PCT direct. From my careful records, I produced an Excel graph in final support of my appeal. It was literally only 1 week before my new injection/implant was due that I was allowed to return to Zoladex."

• How...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• July 20, 2019

For Prostate Cancer "I'm 62 years old, and my general health is very good. Not a smoker, not a drinker, but I’m no gym rat, and I have done very well. That said, Gleason score was 8, PSA was 27, however, by the grace of God, my cancer was localized. After 43 radiation treatments and triptorelin every six months, I’m thankful to say that my PSA is now 0.03, and the doctor says that because radiation has a residual for up to two years, he expects my PSA to drop to 0.003. Yes, hot flashes, however, nothing I can’t deal with. Because triptorelin can increase one’s chance of cardiovascular issues, my doctor put me on aspirin therapy."

• Kev...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• November 27, 2023

For Prostate Cancer "Triptorelin (Decapeptyl) 18 months 2011-2013, re-started September 2023. PSA dropped from 2.84 to 0.01 in four months and remained at 0.01 for 12 months last time and from 5.46 to 0.03 so far (2 months) this time. I have not experienced any of the hot flashes that almost all men seem to report. I wonder if this has to do with vitamin D levels - I average 50-80 ng/ml, which is much higher than average, with most men below 30 ng/ml. I have also found several papers reporting vitamin D deficiency in women experiencing hot flashes (both pre- and post-menopause). My side effects have mostly been fatigue and gynecomastia, this time joined by balance problems."

• drj...
• July 28, 2014

Triptorelin for Prostate Cancer "Was on Firmagon monthly, always made me sick for a week. Started Trelstar two months ago. PSA down, no sickness. Just hot flashes like the rest of this class of medicine."

• Swa...
• March 26, 2017

Triptorelin for Prostate Cancer "After two years of absolute torture with Eligard and severely diminishing quality of life, I was ready to die, but a new doc used Trelstar, and now I believe I will go the distance."