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Who has been on lupron for a long time, and/ or firmagon?
My husband had his last round of Chemo today for stage 4 PC and again the doctor is trying to push him to switch from Firmagon to Lupron.
My husband has different reasons for not switching but one main one is the higher risk of heart attack or heart problems?
He's at the point of not caring about going up once a month to get the injection and hurting for a day or two after.
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Both drugs work very similarly. While Firmagon is good for the very first shot, you should find no difference between that and a three month Lupron shot Orgovyx.
Zytiga gave me high blood pressure and four afib Events the last one letting me on the hospital for four days. I was on Lupron for a couple of years after and now on Orgovyx. I do not understand why he is reticent about moving to Lupron or Orgovyx.
I’ve been on ADT for nine years 6 1/2 on Lupron and 2 1/2 on Orgovyx. Neither of them ever caused me any heart issues.
Thanks! Were you stage 4 from the beginning?
While seeing the oncologist and pharmacist lady before the chemo today, my husband said he's not sure it's working because "he's doing extremely well" the pharmacist lady was quick to say it's working or he'd be dead by now!
I’m on Firmagon for a couple months now. I have no side effects. I feel absolutely fine. I do excersise everyday, and I have for many years.
My husband has been on it since maybe March and he's hesitant to switch....
No, I started out as stage two. I didn’t Become stage four until about six years ago when I became castrate resistant.
I have BRCA2 Which I didn’t find out about until about four years ago, got it from my mother.. That means my body can’t correct DNA error and since my father died of prostate cancer, it doubled the chance of my getting it plus the genetic problem. My brother didn’t have the genetic problem. He didn’t get it till he was 75, I got it at 62.