The L.A. Times reports that the side effects of hormonal therapy, which involves such drugs as leuprolide (Lupron, Viadur, Eligard), goserelin (Zoladex) and triptorelin (Trelstar), includes a 10 percent to 50 percent increase in the risk of fractures, diabetes,
heart disease and sudden cardiac death; a 500 percent increase in hot flashes;
and a 267 percent increase in impotence. It also has adverse effects on fats
and cholesterol and causes enlargement of the breasts. Wait. It gets worse. The 10-year death rate from prostate cancer was 17.4 percent in those receiving no
therapy, compared with 19.9 percent in those receiving hormonal therapy.
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