I recently posted on the above subject, and had about made up my mind
to proceed with a 400 mg injection for relief of hot flashes that were
awakening me 6+ times a night. The "label" use is as a female
contraceptive.

A fellow Us Too! member told me that some men in his support group had had
success with a dosage of 200 mg.

As Medicare will not cover it, I elected to go the more economical
route. Heck, if it didn't work I could have further injections.

I bought two preloaded syringes of Depo Sub-Q Provera in dosages of 104
mg each. The "label" use of this formulation is relief of some symptoms
of endometriosis.

One each was injected into the anterior thighs. According to the
package insert, it begins to take effect in, on average, eight days. I
am delighted to report that by the ninth day, all signs of hot flashes
had disappeared. It now remains to be seen how long this will continue.
I'm hoping for four to six months.

Cost of the two syringes was just under $200. I could have bought a 400
mg ampule, but 200 of it would probably have been wasted.

I cannot help but to observe that one of us often dwells at great length
upon his view of the horrors of ADT SE's, and never, insofar as I recall,
ever mentions what is done to relieve them -- if they are experienced at all.

Steve J

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path
and leave a trail."
---Ralph Waldo Emerson