Has anyone taken Lupron?

I took the shots and it does put you into a temporary menospause with all the symptoms. I would watch your sodium and your diet, get plenty of exercise during this time and it IS possible to not gain weight. Best of luck. I hope you have better success with the shots than I did.

I have. And I gained- also had some nasty breakouts. Good luck with it! It did help all my other symptoms, so its not a total bust, IMO.

I took them when I was in high school. I had all of the crazy side effects and gaining weight was unavoidable for me I ended up getting extremely bad chronic migraines and had to come off of it.

I had to take them and had great side effects as well. Could not seem to stay on top of the weight gain, but I did find that viberation therapy ( turbosonic is the best) was great in helping with all the side effects and it helped me loose weight. Amazing!!! Look for viberation therapy it is a wonderful thing.

I was on Lupron for about 5 years, and I did gain quite a lot of weight while on this. I believe the main reason for the weight gain was the fact that I never exercised and had terrible eating habits before I started taking it, but I was never the type to gain weight. However, the change to my body from the Lupron triggered the weight gain. I believe that it could have been avoided if I had paid more attention to what I was eating. So if you're already eating right and exercising, I think that you have a good chance of maintaining. Upping the calcium is definitely a must. And depending on the reason for the Lupron, you might want to see if your doctor could prescribe you a hormone replacement. I took one along with the Lupron, and that helped in regards to the side effects.

This is all based off of my own personal experience, and I'm sure that the affects of the drug is different on everyone. Best of luck!

I'm heading in tomorrow to get my 3rd shot. Definitely getting the hot flashes, which completely blows while living in GA in the summer, but I haven't had anymore dizzy spells and it hasn't seemed to halt my weight loss!

I just completed my 6 month lupron injections also...no weight gain, but not much loss either.

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I'm going to be starting Lupron next week and i am really nervous about the weight gain. Sure there are going to be other side effects i will have to deal with but the weight gain worries me the most. I am now at 1400 calories should I reduce it to 1000?

I just got my 4th injection of Lupron. I'm working out and eating right, but i'm gaining weight. any suggestions?

Just now noticed ur response. Thanks. I am planning on having a good chat with my doctor on Wednesday.

I've been on Lupron for two and a half years. I found that my BMR (metabolism) decreased by 33% so I had to decrease my daily goal calories by that much. It has been a struggle, and I haven't been able to drop to my goal weight, but I also haven't gained any extra. I just had my last shot this week, and I'm done in six months. I can't wait to be done with it. Good luck

Has anyone had joint pain and muscular pain and twitching after lupron? I took lupron 6 months and 6 months later still have the after effects, the hot flashes were only during the shots, but now besides the aches I do feel tired with lack of energy and harder to lose weight. I was doing T25 with my husband n son and they both lost significant weight 15-20 lbs in 6 weeks. I lost 2, no exaggeration. So has anyone experienced something like this and know how long it will stay in my system?

OMG.. the same thing happened to me.

Ladies all I can say is LUPRON has ruined my life I wish someone would have warned me!!! Do not take it!!! Some side effects are forever and it is not a cure at all! Doctors get major financial kick back. If I save one girl the pain of this poison then posting was worth it! After one shot my hormones have never come back and the body pain and night sweats are insane!

Yes I am currently taking Lupron for prostate cancer. I was a Vietnam Vet that was exposed to Agent Orange. In 2001 I was diagnosed with prostate cancer by my elevated PSA. I had no other symptoms. I also started with a shot of Casodex and then radiation and afterwords the PSA went down and stayed down. I was given 10 years to live.

In 2006 my PSA went back up and I was started on Lupron. My side effects were weight gain, fatigue and loss of muscle mass. Hot flashes were common (and this is interesting - they occurred only after I ate or drank something. When you eat you burn some calories in the process of digestion. That burning of calories triggered the hot flash which lasted about 5 minutes and then was done.)

So now in November of 2017, I am on a 6 month dose and do that for a year. The PSA goes down to below 1 and then I go off the Lupron for a year until the PSA goes back up closer to 4 or a little over. It's now been 16 years since my original diagnosis . I'm 69 now and I've noticed a few new things happening which should be good news to you men out there. I have started going to the gym and working out with free weights and the elliptical trainer. I have lost weight and have started to tighten up all around. I took a casual look in the mirror the other day and saw some definition in the chest and arms, not a lot mind you, but some.

One other thing and this is in my case only, the erectile dysfunction cannot be solved with Viagra or any pills. My libido is very low now so I don't think about sex that much, but I don't mind helping my woman achieve her orgasm and cuddling up afterward.