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Deciding between radiation and prostatectomy

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jun 24 9:51am | Replies (34)
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@tehill

I'm a patient at Mayo - Phoenix. Are you talking about taking either Lupron and/or Orgovyx? I'm on Orgovyx because of my coronary artery disease. According to data, Orgovyx has substantially fewer adverse effects for those of us who also have coronary artery disease.

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northoftheborder | @northoftheborder | Jun 20 2:18am

I'm not the one you were replying to, but to add info, I started on Firmagon rather than Lupron because (IIRC) Lupron causes an initial testosterone surge and my cancer was already spreading fast.

However, Firmagon requires monthly shots, and the acute side side-effects for about three days after each injection were annoying (swelling, tenderness, rash, flu-like symptoms) so I was happy to switch to Orgovyx as soon as Health Canada approved it earlier this year. It does the same thing as Firmagon, but without the injections

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