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Replacing prednisolone with dexamethasone to help Zytiga lower PSA

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Hi Everybody out there, could somebody point me to any study where prednisolone was replaced with dexamethasone (while taking Zytiga. Will the switch be likely to make any difference to help lower PSA? Thank you all.

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The trial was called the SWITCH trial:

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/301...

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Thank you for replying. I have just found two trials. I will post the links here in case somebody else is looking for information on this. Thank you.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/300...

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/301...

Thank you. Studies don’t show great results.

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Didn't work for my husband.

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ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/300...

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Thank you very much, I will send it to my husband’s MO. Thank you.

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Grumpyswife

Only worked for a month or so for my husband.

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so Mr healthy guy.......... please give us more info/bio regarding your Pca. Thank you. All info is voluntary but it helps us help you and helps us too...

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