Diagnosed in Nov '24 with stage 4, so I've been on a regime of Degarelix 80mg injections every 4 weeks.
I also take 2 X Abiraterone 500mg tablets daily.
To date I've had about 16 injections -- for the first 8 I had no side effects/reaction except for the 'usual' lump at the injection site.
However, on about 4 occasions I've had quite a nasty reaction -- around 7 or 8 hours after the injection I began feeling like I had a bad dose of flu -- shivering, shaking, unable to get warm and feeling extremely weak. After a night in bed I was pretty much back to normal the next day but on this occasion the reaction set in early and was by far the worst it has been. I spent day 2 in bed and today (day 3) I'm up and dressed but still feel very weak. The injection site has a swelling of 3 inches in diameter and is bright red. Previously there has sometimes been a little hint of redness for a day or two but nothing like this.
So, I guess there are plenty men on here who are having the same treatment -- do any of you have a reaction anything like this?
