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Degarelix vs Relugolix?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Feb 19 10:57am | Replies (6)

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Thanks, North My PCa is metastatic as well and I forgot to mention that I'm also taking Abiraterone (Zytiga) along with 5mg prednisone. I was taking 1.0 gram daily but my Onc dropped it to just 250 mg daily taken with a lo-fat breakfast citing a new study that suggests the lower dose regime works just as well. Lo-fat anything has never really been part of my diet plan but I'm adapting. 🙂

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I responded very badly to Prednisone when I was getting it to try to reduce the swelling in my spine post-surgery and relieve the pressure on the spinal cord -- I ended up with steroid-induced diabetes, and the hospital nurses had to give me regular insulin injections (the diabetes cleared up almost immediately after I stopped).

Most people here seem to tolerate steroids fine — I guess I'm an exception — but I still suggest that you talk to your medical team about the Prednisone as well as the ADT as a possible source of any side-effects you're experiencing. I don't know if that's why my oncologists recommended Apalutamide instead of Zytiga for me in 2021 (the -lutamides doen't require a steroid); the TITAN study was also just out, showing a huge improvement in delaying progression and overall survival in patients with mCSPC taking ADT+Apalutamide.

I know a few people that are doing this and it works just great. Many doctors aren’t offering this option, usually, the people I know I’ve had to ask for it. Sounds like you have an enlightened doctor.