Lupron and Hot Flashes

I am finishing up month 5 of 8 total on Lupron for my Hormone Therapy part of treatment. My biggest complaint is with the hot flashes I get, especially at night. I wake up bathed in sweat, have to throw all the covers off, while the wife sleeps next to me under a pile of blankets.

I read in the local paper the other day a doctor’s advice column in which a woman complained about her hot flashes during menopause. The doctors advised that she should try Pycnogenol, a pine bark extract from some tree that only grows in France. Sold in health food stores, etc.

So my question for fellow endurers of Lupron is have you heard of, tried, had success with, Pycnogenol for minimizing or eliminating hot flashes? What other remedy works?

Thanks in advance for chiming in.

All the best.
Roger

I think some have also used depo-prevera to counteract hot flashes.