Hi,

And welcome to this friendly forum

 I had Zoladex for two years plus 37 radiotherapy sessions and my psa dropped from 70 to 0.01 the lowest they can measure. I suffered weight gain, some memory loss and some pain in my hip joints. As I was fairly active during treatment and afterwards, the pain was not to bad and a short time after finishing hormone treatment gradually dissapeared. I was told by my oncologist that the hormones take about a year to flush out of your sysytem. The hot flushes were the most troublesome of the side effects for me and even though the treatment ended five to six years ago I still get the odd few.

With regard to the tiredness, this may be more down to the radiotherapy. I understand it can sometimes manifest itself a few months after radio has ended and can take a while to dissapear. I was very lucky in that most side effects were not too bad and I looked on them as a small price to pay for the terriffic result I'd had. I would get your father to mention this to his treatment team/GP as they should be informed.

Wishing you and your father continued good results and I hope the pain get less rapidly.

Please let us know how things go on. Sending kind thoughts your way, Brian

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Can you give an update I do not like the Zoladex implant and the tablets. I'm having Cyberknife to remove a Lymph node then want to stop Zoladex after 3 months.. I woulde continue with a natural Hormone, expensive, but it works. How long to recover? from the injection

Thanks

BrianP

Hi most times it wears off over three or four months (odd times it can be permanent) you could try a massage mat then he doesn't have to move much but it exercises mussels I been using one for months it does help. Good luck.

Billy 

Hi BrianP,

I was on Zoladex for two years and my consultant told me it could take a year for the hormone to completely flush through my system. I was still having hot flushes for up to about five years after stopping the zoladex allthough gradually getting less as time went by. But everyone is differnt and we all react differntly. But it did the trick and got rid of the cancer so I look on it as a small price to pay for the resulys I got.

Best wishes, Brian

How about weight gain . did you loose it after stopping Zoladex

Hi BrianP,

No I didnt losse it. I put on two stone and despite trying hard just can not seem to lose it. But I just tell my wife there is more of me these days ha ha. 

Take care, Brian

I too had bad leg pains I was taking 40mg statins at the same time I stopped taking the statins and within 2 wks I was I was ok ish still having sweats and tingling and terrible tiredness 5 yrs later still having them.

I’ve just ended Zoladex after 4.5 years ("If it works, don't fix it"). PSA was 0.04 for almost 4 years.

Wondering about recovery.

You might consider casodex but with chloroquine

from 2012 -

www.sciencedaily.com/.../120219135352.htm