PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENT

[TONNEY]

I STARTED LHRH INJECTIONS IN APRIL AT ONCE A MONTH WHICH BROUGHT MY PSA LEVEL FROM 231 TO 1.3 . I AM NOW ON ANOTHER MEDICATION CALLED AMPLITUDE AND

MY LHRH NOW EVERY 3 MTHS. HAS ANYONE BEEN ON THIS AS A BIT CONCERNED WITH SIDE AFFECTS AND ALSO IT CAN REACT TO OTHER MEDICATION THAT I AM ON.

WOULD APPRECIATE AND GOOD OR BAD FEED BACK FROM ANYONE WHO MAY

HAVE USED THE ABOVE.

THANK YOU.

[wolverine11]

I was on monthly Lupron injections & switched to 3 month injections. so far have had 2 tri monthly injections with no problems,, taking 750 mg of abiraterone daily, 10 mg statin, flomax & 5mg Proscar. Original PSA over 900. PSA holding at 0.1 for about 9 months, I have not noticed any difference from tri monthly to monthly, except, 3 month injection being more convenient.

[TONNEY in reply to wolverine11]

THANKS FOR YOUR REPLY.I HAVN'T ANY PROBLEM WITH THE INJECTIONS WHICH I WAS HAVING EACH MONTH AND WORKING WELL. I HAVE JUST BEEN ON APALUTAMIDE WHICH IS 4 TABLETS TO BE TAKEN ALL AT ONCE DAILY, MY INJECTIONS ARE NOW ONCE EVERY 3 MONTHS.

I AM A BIT CONCERNED AS THIS NEW MEDICATION CAN EFFECT OTHER MEDS YOU MAY BE ON , SO I HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON BLOOD PRESSURE / COLESTEROL / I ALSO HAVE TO TAKE EXTRA VITAMINS FOR MY BONES AS THE NEW MED ALSO WEAKENS

BONE STRUCTURE. NOT SURE IF ITS WORTH THE HASSLE AS DON'T WANT TO MESS UP MY OTHER MEDS AND HEALTH ISSUES I AM ON PRIOR TO THE CANCER

I ONLY HAVE BEEN ON IT FOR 2 WEEKS BUT A BIT CONCERNED.

[Tall_Allen]

Is AMPLITUDE the name of a clinical trial? I've never heard of a medication called that.

[TONNEY in reply to Tall_Allen]

SO SORRY MY SPELLING MISTAKE.IT SHOULD READ - APALUTAMIDE.

[Tall_Allen in reply to TONNEY]

Thanks. It is given for newly diagnosed metastatic prostate cancer. Side effects can include a skin rash, but if you have no side effects, that is good. The only way is to try it and see.

(Please turn off your caps lock - it is considered to be shouting)

[TONNEY in reply to Tall_Allen]

Sorry about the caps , force of habit and didn't know anything about what it meant.thanks for your reply.

[tango65]

You could check drug interactions at this link

reference.medscape.com/drug...

[tango65]

This is info for Apalutamide from the FDA

accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatf...

It may cause hypertension. If that happens it could be controlled by your primary physician adjusting the meds.

Apalutamide reduces the risk of death by 35%

ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JC...