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Role of Medical Oncologist in Prostate Cancer Therapy?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: May 11 7:55pm | Replies (26)Comment receiving replies
A question for you? Several years ago, three, I started on abireterone and prednisone. About six months after that, my urologist switched me to Erleada which she provides through his own pharmacy. And now my number have run up to a PSA in the mid 20s he still does not want me to switch from Erleada and I am beginning to think it is because he sells it to me at $20,000 per month, I am thinking of going back to abireterone as my numbers were better then. Just curious if you took the one pill with food or you took the four pills on an empty stomach? Or is it possible to take two pills with food in the morning and two pills with food in the evening and get more positive results? My medical oncologist, hemmed, and hawed on that question.
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Both his Mayo urologist and both of his Simon Cancer Center medical oncologists told my husband to take all four Abiraterone tablets in the morning on an empty stomach and refrain from eating or drinking except water for an hour afterward. The price has gone down a lot, at least with Original Medicare and a Part D drug plan.
As for paying the doctor so much for Erleada, that sounds like an unethical plan by the doctor to enrich himself at your expense. Get rid of him if you can, or tell him you require to return to Abiraterone asap.
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20k/month is shiesterism. My medical oncologist whose dad was a physician too, told me: one 250 mg. Pill Arbiterone with low fat meal/ 5mg prednisone. My results so far from this: PSA < .01. Also I found on the internet that people in India prefer this method as it’s cheaper and works just as well. Hope this helps ya.