Orgovyx and zytiga side effects

Posted by larryf954 @larryf954, Oct 19 4:53pm

I’m a 69 year old, who finished IMRT 5 weeks go and I’ve been on these ADT medications for 4 months now. This last week my fatigue has increased significantly. I’m not surprised but I’m disappointed as I was feeling better after 3 weeks of post radiation difficulty. If you had a similar treatment regiment I’d appreciate it if you would share your side effect experience during the 4-6 month time frame. Wondering what I should expect over the next few months. Thanks

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larryf954 | @larryf954 | Oct 25 1:49pm

In reply to @larryf954 "I will ask my Dr about an increase to my prednisone dosage. Thanks" + (show)

He agreed and increased the dosage from 5 to 7.5 mg

05271935 | @05271935 | Oct 25 3:17pm

Is 89 yrs too old to have prostrate surgically removed with Gleason 10? Taking orgovyx hormone blocker now.

stevecando54 | @stevecando54 | Oct 27 4:41am

In reply to @larryf954 "Not sure how much longer I’ll be able to do it, hence the initial question I..." + (show)

I reread your post, Just know I'm standing here waving poms poms to you to say you can do this. Of course I understand it is not easy, we just have to keep going forward. I'm on forever meds, I get knocked down all the time and then I have good days. That smart lady is going to start charging me for using her quote.." We are all in the same boat, but it's not the Titanic." I wish you the best on your journey, you can do this. Best to all.

larryf954 | @larryf954 | Oct 28 8:21am

In case no one saw my reply to myself. My Dr agreed to increase the prednisone dose to 7.5. - 5 in the morning and 2.5 in the early afternoon. So far it’s helping me but at the same time it’s disrupting my sleep so I’m not sure I will maintain the extra 2.5 mg.

jeffmarc | @jeffmarc | Oct 28 10:23am

In reply to @larryf954 "In case no one saw my reply to myself. My Dr agreed to increase the prednisone..." + (show)

This just shows how experiences differ from one person to the next. I told somebody I’ve been working with to speak to his doctor to increase his prednisone, because he was having terrible problems with fatigue, waking up in the morning and having to go back to sleep for hours.

Doctor told him to increase from 5 mg to 10 mg. he still had problems in the morning. He started taking the second pill later, early evening, and that helped, but he had no problem sleeping.