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Abiraterone Is really tough on the body. I’ve been working with a guy who had a lot of fatigue from it. I encouraged him to talk to his doctor about switching his prednisone to 10 mg and it made a major difference in his fatigue. A doctor at one of the forums I was at talked about his experience with prostate cancer and the fatigue he had from ADT, He increased his prednisone to 7.5 mg and it made a big difference but it started causing prediabetes issues so he had to cut back down. Something to make sure you get tested regularly if you do increase prednisone.

I know that some doctors prescribed 10 mg of Prednisone just to start. The recommended dosage is 5 or 10 mg.

I was on abiraterone For 2 1/2 years, In that time, I was only undetectable one month. It did keep my PSA down, but also gave me high blood pressure and four afib Events. I switched to Nubeqa (Darolutamide) Three years ago and it has been great. No side effects, My PSA has been undetectable for the last 28 months. I know dozens of people on Nubeqa And it is quite popular because of its lack of side effects. I know a number of people that are on it as their only drug since it suppresses testosterone ability to allow the prostate cancer cells to use testosterone. Talk to your doctor about switching to it. It has the least side effects of the three lutamide Drugs.

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Thank you, I will discuss with my doctor .

@jeffmarc Glad that you’re still in the fight and that Nubeqa is working well for you!