Trelstar for Prostate Cancer User Reviews

Trelstar has an average rating of 5.8 out of 10 from a total of 4 reviews for the treatment of Prostate Cancer. 50% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 25% reported a negative experience.

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5.8 average rating out of 10

4 ratings from 5 user reviews.

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Lee...
July 20, 2009

"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."

8 / 10

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

"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."

5 / 10

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

"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."

1 / 10

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drj...
July 28, 2014

"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."

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Swa...
March 26, 2017

"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."

9 / 10

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