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Zoladex Experience

User
Posted 18 Jan 2026 at 23:12

Hi all

Does anyone have any positive/ negative experience of zoladex? 

My dad has been on zoladex for 12 months now and seems to have deteriorated rapidly over the past few months. Not sure whether it’s the side effects of the zoladex or just his health declining.

Symptoms he has had include;

Extreme tiredness 

Loss of appetite 

Struggles with dry food. Only really eats oranges and fresh juices.

Fluid on his lungs - he does have heart failure but this had never happened until he started on the hormone treatment.

Anyone else experienced any of these symptoms? 

Lucy x

User
Posted 19 Jan 2026 at 18:47
I was on Zoladex for 3 years and had several side effects but lack of appetite, problem with dry food, fluid on lungs weren't among them. Tiredness certainly was plus muscle loss, bone aches, hot flushes, trouble sleeping, trouble staying awake, depression, weight gain, loss of body hair etc all expected and basically accepted.

As everyone says its impossible to say exactly what zoladex will do to us if something in particular is worrying - fluid on lungs - get in touch with his specialist nurse I'd say.

Peter

 
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