My wife and I have increasingly introduced soy into our diet since my high
PSA was reported a year ago. I've been on Zoladex since February. I don't
think I experience hot flashes, but I do seem to have a warm feeling all
over most of the time. Some times are worse than others but never severe. In
my opinion, it's good to eliminate or greatly reduce red meat and dairy
products. (so much for Adkins <g>) Soy ice cream is good and soy nuts. Soy
burgers are OK. You get used to them. Soy milk tastes great on cereal -
can't taste the difference from milk. It tastes richer than the skim milk we
had been drinking. There's even soy cheese, but it doesn't have much taste.
The "cheddar" was totally tasteless but the "Swiss" is OK.

In short, I highly recommend soy to help with hot flashes instead of
anything hormone related. With PCa, it's all about hormones and I don't
think it's a good idea to mess with them. That alone is an argument to avoid
dairy given the farming community's propensity to boost production with the
use of hormones.

Oops, I'm getting political again - sorry <vbg>

Larry

I'm using a soy supplement my wife found - I've been on Zoladex and
Casodex since Sep 03.  I'm still having flashes, they are not as bad or
as frequent.  I hope Steve is right that they eventually go away.
Best of luck,
DanR

Megastrol does a good job, but I use it sparingly, since there are some side
effects since it is a female hormone. Hot flashes during the day are not
really too bad for me, but sometimes the ones at night can really screw up
my sleep. That's when I'll take one.