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Optimal Duration of Hormone Therapy
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@swl1956
I was on Zytiga for 2 1/2 years. In that time, I was only undetectable one month. It gave me high blood pressure, Many hot flashes, And multiple Afib Events where I had to go to the emergency room and be Cardioverted (Shocked back into normal rhythm).
It did give me 2 1/2 years, however. I moved on to Nubeqa And I’ve been undetectable for 31 months. I have had 16 years with PC, And since I have BRCA2, it is very aggressive. Zytiga gave me 2 1/2 years of the 16.
What I’m getting at is that having prostate cancer become a chronic disease can depend on you being willing to use a drug that is difficult but allows you to live longer so you can see more drugs come out that can give you an even longer future.
You can take Nubeqa As your next drug, If you need it.
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Jeff,
Thanks for reply! I guess I'm lucky so far, no serious side effects. Just the typical hot flashes and fatigue. Anyhow, I had read Nubeqa has less side effects and yet when I asked to be switched to it from Zytiga my MO was not very supportive and talked me out of it. The fact that I've been in the undetectable PSA range however has some merit as to keep with what is working. I especially don't like taking the prednisone. As you suggest, we can take some solace knowing there are several tools to keep us from succumbing to Pca.