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marlow2, there is a pill form of ADT called Orgovyx. The recovery after quitting the drug is said to be much faster than the injectibles. Your husband may be more receptive to it. The advantage and disadvantage is that a person might have to decide everyday if they are going to take it. Shrinking the tumor would increase his chances for continence and keep him safer during the wait until March.
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Orgovyx is reported as having the benefits that Toolbelt listed.
I elected Orgovyx for those reasons and took it for a prescribed 4 mos course.
However, in my opinion, you need to take the pill everyday, or discontinue the therapy entirely if the side effects are unmanageable. That's the relative "control" compared to a 3 or 6 month injection. Otherwise you may/probably are just messing up the therapy.
Missing too many days requires that the treatment course be restarted with the initial 3 pill loading dose.
And taking a day or so "break" will not relieve the side effects.
My side effects resolved 95% in 3 - 4 mos after finishing the treatment.
But a few days or a week after I stopped taking the Orgovyx did not provide any appreciable relief or dimunition of side effects.
So yes, I am a fan of Orgovyx and would opt for it again if/when I need ADT (Note that it can be expensive, and it was for me, compared to the injectables because it is a Part D drug and injectables are covered differently under Medicare Part B).
Hope this is helpful and blessings for good health to all.
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I am on week 11 of Orgovyx. You are correct in that the recovery once therapy is finished is much quicker. Additionally it knock downs the testosterone quicker than Lupron and does not cause a testosterone spike as Lupron does. Orgovyx may cause less cardiac toxicity in those with cardio comorbidities. As to deciding to take it every day that wea one of the reasons I asked my doc to put me on it as it gives me a modicum of control in this journey.