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@heavyphil

Pretty sure finasteride will HALVE your results, so you should double whatever you have…Didn’t your RO discuss this with you Day One??
You really need to get crystal clear about how to proceed - I am just a layman like you.

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You are correct. I found this out when I went to Duke University Cancer Clinic.
Im disappointed that my regular local urologist never mentioned this or wasn't too concerned. Honestly I do not think he knew OR forgot to check my meds, even though he prescribed Finasteride. I asked for biopsy two times. He asked me to wait 6 months, since I have 3 previous ones with the last one in 2021 (in a different medical practice)

So after waiting 6 months and my PSA kept getting higher, I reminded him that we were to talk about a biopsy. He gave me a choice of waiting another 6 months or doing one. I said DO ONE!
Cancer turned up, I went to Duke for an evaluation and they were VERY concerned that my PSA was 11.5 because they told me it has to be doubled to 23 being I was on Finasteride

The key here is do not play doctor but ask questions. So even now I am getting conflicting answers from two medical oncologists if I should stop taking it or not, the second one was ok with stopping it after I told him about the other. I decided to stop taking it being I have been on Orgovyx for a few weeks now, concerned that some doctor might mis interpret my PSA because of the Finasteride. I start radiation in two weeks. Good luck to all of you, be proactive, ask questions and get second opinions