Abiraterone reduced cost?

[Macscot]

I recently found this article and I am intrigued by what the author is saying:

uchicagomedicine.org/forefr...

Has anyone heard of this or used this method? If he is right then why is it not the standard method?

[NPfisherman]

There are people here on this forum that stated they are doing that...low fat meal with zytiga... my concern is that in the article it says it can increase it 4-7X....4X is perfect... same dose as 1000 mg on empty stomach.... if you chose this route, watch your LFT's... don't want to do significant damage to liver.... good luck

All the best,

Fish

[Macscot in reply to NPfisherman]

Many thanks for your advice. I see my urologist in 2 weeks time and I can discuss it then.

[NPfisherman in reply to Macscot]

I'm on zytiga and it seems to be working well for me....at least so far.. hope it works well for you... if you can go on the lower dose with food, and get the same efficacy, then why not...

Fish

[herb1 in reply to NPfisherman]

now let me go further. There is a "generic" for abiratarone, but it's not exactly a true generic. Does anyone know if the low fat meal approach works with it as well?

[NPfisherman in reply to herb1]

I'm on generic zytiga--so far so good--made in Canada--should work the same I believe... get a drug level maybe??

Fish