Zoladex or Decapeptyl .......?

Hi Barney

i reply with a strong recommendation that you note that everyone is different and so their reactions to the meds are different. My husband just struggled more and more and yet more on decapeptyl such that he hit rock bottom mentally and physically after 18 months and was advised by oncology to stop. Hes had a slight bounce in PSA since stopping but is improving - albeit slowly. I did ask whether he could try something other than decapeptyl if he needs to restart the ht. I didn’t really get an answer - more a ‘let’s wait and see what happens’.

Sorry, not a lot of help but perhaps a bit of info you can thinks about?

Hi BarneyM,

I was on 3 monthly Decapeptyl injections which was given by one of the nurses at my GP surgery as an injection into a muscle (well into my bum if the truth be known).  Whilst everyone is different, it didn't cause me any issues at the injection site, & whilst I did get some of side effects that HT can bring, they didn't cause any major issues & were more of a nuisance than anything.  This may of course be down to the fact that I was only on it for 9 months in all.

No doubt others will be along to give you their experience of Zoladex & Decapeptyl.

Best Wishes

Brian

Hello Barney (BarneyM) 

I am with Buzzers here, I went onto 6 monthly Decapeptyl right from the start. No issues with the injections, bang into the old gluteus maximus - absolutely no reaction to the injection, no pain no swelling.

As to the side effect - that's different for all of us. I had 3 years on it - I won't say it was great, I had every side effect going - they were an inconvenience - I just got on with life. 

We are all different so good luck - some of us never had a choice!!

Best wishes - Brian.