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@swl1956 Unless you have heart issues or some other justification, I doubt any insurance company is going to pay 20x+ for Nubeqa as generic Zitiga. Probably why your doctor does not even want to try. You did not say how many months in you are except that it is 12+. If you want it to be ,24 months that is your choice. No doctor can force you to continue. All studies show decreasing benefit as months are added. A few recent ones show zero or even negative benefit when non-PCa factors are included. As long as the NCCN has 24 months as a standard of treatment most doctors will not tell you to stop. No risk to them if it leaves your bones hollow but they could have a malpractice suit if you have a recurrence shortly after stopping. Therefore, you will need to take charge of your own treatment with respect to months of ADT.
As mentioned, you should be doing weight exercises to keep muscle, high impact to maintain bone, and take low dose Tadalafil 5mg (no Viagra at that dose),
Wish your treatment is a success.

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If the doctor prescribes it the insurance company will usually pay for it. I know a lot of people that have switched over. The side effects can be a significant reason, I haven’t heard one in this case. You are right however some insurance companies can be really tight.

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I have completed just about 18 months of ADT plus ARPI. I could be wrong, but I didn't get the feeling that it was a cost issue to get the darolutamide. In fact, she mentioned that their institution has a very good track record at getting insurance approvals. Being my Dexa scan was good and PSA is undetectable I'll likely not pursue shortening the regimen at this point. The side effects I'm dealing with are annoying but have been tolerable. In fact, this may sound silly, but as much as I am looking forward to getting off ADT, I'm worried as to what will happen when that happens.