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Lupron/enzalutamide side effects so severe after 36 wks. getting off
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jan 12 10:49am | Replies (9)Comment receiving replies
@climateguy
There are two videos on the ancan.org Website by Richard Wassersug PhD About using estradiol. He’s been using it for over a decade and it works great for him. He doesn’t use the patches he uses the gel, I know another person that uses the injections.
The patch study done in England discusses this issue in quite a bit of detail. They’ve been slow to come out with their final report because they’ve been busy working on combining it with other drugs and doing Clinical trials of combinations.
Using estradiol can be Just as effective as using ADT. If you have BRCA2 you cannot do it.
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@jeffmarc In one of the videos Wassersug explains the reason the necessary studies are not being done that would bring estradiol therapy out of the shadows for Americans is that drug companies can't patent a naturally occuring hormone such as estradiol. So if one company finances a study that would tend to force estradiol into the NCCN guidelines as a first line alternate treatment, they wouldn't benefit financially so they don't do it. But, because estradiol patches and gels are an approved therapy for women, doctors can prescribe them off label.