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Posted 3/14/2022 6:05 PM (GMT -5)
So, how long do you think it would take for Lupron to affect the PSA levels?
Is it like a few days type of thing, or a few weeks, or a few months?

Same question for Testosterone.
Posted 3/14/2022 9:23 PM (GMT -5)
Lupron will start dropping your PSA within a few weeks. You won’t be tested that frequently to know exactly when. I went from 59 to undetectable in a couple of months based on the start of ADT and then a scheduled test. I was probably undetectable within a month but didn’t test then. Once your T is at castrate level the PSA usually plummets immediately.
Posted 3/14/2022 10:36 PM (GMT -5)
In the first week or so psa actually rises, then suddenly drops.

https://www.drugs.com/medical-answers/lupron-leuprolide-work-prostate-cancer-3554760/
Posted 3/14/2022 11:16 PM (GMT -5)
Mine dropped in the first 4 weeks from 71.5 to 2.7
Posted 3/15/2022 9:52 PM (GMT -5)
I was given Lupron about two months before my HDR Brachy and I went from 36.0 to 1.84 on the day of the HDR Brachy treatment at UT Southwestern-Dallas. I took 4 6-month shots ending on 03-21 and now it is down to <0.05. I was lucky I did not have a lot of SE from Lupron injections so everyone is different how it affects them. Hot flashes and arm soreness lasted only a few days and I had zero SE on the last jab less a day or so of soreness.
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