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From: alva36 on 6 Jan 2006 21:09
Have any of you guys suffered lower back, pelvic area or thigh pain
attributable to Zoladex and/or Casodex?

From: Jim on 7 Jan 2006 15:18
I have pain in the areas you mentioned but it is from the cancer, not
from the meds.
I had a load of other problems from the meds. They actually lessoned
the pain. Before i started treatment the pain was nearly unbearable.
i'm also getting Zometa to help restore the bone that has been
damaged.

Jim

On 6 Jan 2006 18:09:22 -0800, alva36(a)gmail.com wrote:

>Have any of you guys suffered lower back, pelvic area or thigh pain
>attributable to Zoladex and/or Casodex?

From: Clarence Crow on 7 Jan 2006 14:54
On 6 Jan 2006 18:09:22 -0800, alva36(a)gmail.com wrote:

>Have any of you guys suffered lower back, pelvic area or thigh pain
>attributable to Zoladex and/or Casodex?

My GP (PCP) got me to have a series of lumbar and leg X-Rays when I
complained of odd pains to my left leg from the thigh to the ankle and
particular chronic bad pain to my L knee.

I was found to have mild narrowing of L4/5 vertebral disc space plus
anterior subluxation of L4 to L5, which suggests intermittent spinal
chord compression causing Sciatic nerve related pain.
There was also some suspect cartilage damage to the L knee, plus
overall DJD (Osteo-Arthritis) to lower spine and both knees.
I'm having an Arthroscopy done on the L knee next week to clean out
any damaged cartilage segments.

Nobody will admit to a cause or connection to my PCa treatment.
18 mths ADT (Lucrin) plus EBRT x 23 and HDRB x 3.
(I was never given a Bone Mineral Density test at the beginning
because there was "no evidence of weak bones or recent fractures,
consistent with Osteo-Porosis.")

My take on all this is, that the ADT has caused general weakening of
the bones and connective tissue, plus previous DJD problems to become
worse, plus my spine and L knee cartilage were disturbed by rough
handling during the HDRB treatment period of 48hrs immobilisation by
the Epidural.

I cannot definitively PROVE any of this and they "ain't sayin". Any
admission on their part may cause me to sue them!







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From: Alan Meyer on 7 Jan 2006 18:14

<alva36(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1136599762.105515.279270(a)g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Have any of you guys suffered lower back, pelvic area or thigh pain
> attributable to Zoladex and/or Casodex?

I know that "joint pain" is a known and very common side
effect of Lupron. I wouldn't be surprised if Zoladex has
similar side effects. Unfortunately, many doctors who
prescribe these drugs don't warn their patients about these
common side effects or take any action to prevent them.
Some doctors don't even know about them. They haven't
even read the labels on the drugs they prescribe.

I don't know what the best thing for joint pain is. In my case,
I experienced joint pain in fingers and toes starting about
8 months after starting Lupron - even though I had already
stopped. After trying anti-inflammatory drugs with no
noticeable effect, I began doing very frequent, regular
exercises. I started with easy exercises that mainly
involved movement and flexibility, gradually building up
to strength building exercises. I did huge numbers of
them.

Within a few months my pain was completely gone
and is still gone. I still do the exercises, but no longer
in huge numbers.

Your mileage may vary.

Alan


From: Brian on 8 Jan 2006 16:54
On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 03:54:32 +0800, Clarence Crow wrote:

> Nobody will admit to a cause or connection to my PCa treatment. 18 mths
> ADT (Lucrin) plus EBRT x 23 and HDRB x 3.
> (I was never given a Bone Mineral Density test at the beginning
> because there was "no evidence of weak bones or recent fractures,
> consistent with Osteo-Porosis.")

I, also, did not get a BMD Baseline (I did my own Dexa but no qCT was
ordered) before injecting Lupron, I consider it a serious oversight on
the uro's part.

> My take on all this is, that the ADT has caused general weakening of the
> bones and connective tissue, plus previous DJD problems to become worse,
> plus my spine and L knee cartilage were disturbed by rough handling
> during the HDRB treatment period of 48hrs immobilisation by the Epidural.

Clarence, please state what was the volume/weight of your prostate at
start of HDRB? Mine was 23g at biopsy 4 months ago (start of Lupron) and
was told by the RadOnc that 23 was too small for HDRB. He's the only
source of this assertion (that a prostate can be too small for HDRB) that
I can find.


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