Prostap vs Zoladex

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I have been on Zoladex for over 2 years now, I have injection every 3 months. At my latest appointment, the nurse asked why I hadn't moved over to Prostap, which was what the surgery usually prescribed. The main benefit she said was that the Prostap injection is less painful than Zoladex. I checked with my oncologist and she was very ambivalent, saying as far as she was concerned they were equivalent in their impact.

Does anyone have any thoughts? I am minded to switch but I thought I would check if anyone had any experience they cared to share.

Many thanks Steve

MyLouie over 1 year ago

I’ve been on Zoledex for a good while and a couple of injections ago someone at the GP surgery decided to order a Prostrap instead

the nurse spotted it and wouldn’t use it until my consultant had said ok

the consultant said it should be Zoledex and I got the impression it was a cheaper alternative but I don’t know if it performs as good as Zoledex?

goog luck with it all SteveB

SteveB over 1 year ago in reply to MyLouie

Thanks for your reply. Looking on NICE website there is not a large difference in cost, for those interested the links are below:

bnf.nice.org.uk/.../leuprorelin-acetate.html
and

https://bnf.nice.org.uk/medicinal-forms/leuprorelin-acetate.html

I think if Prostap injections are less painful there might be something said for it.

Good luck on your journey Steve

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