Abiraterone side effect

[GrantB47]

After 12 doses of abirateron/prednisone I developed a rather severe cough. Even though this is one of the listed side effects of abiraterone my oncologist says that she has never heard of it happening before. Has anyone here ever had this experience and, if so, was there a remedy for the cough or an alternative to the abiraterone?

[Tall_Allen]

Does claritin help?

[GrantB47 in reply to Tall_Allen]

I have been afraid to try anything on my own due to possible adverse interaction. In browsing drug info websites I see that it is used for allergic reactions but no mention of it being a cough suppressant. I will ask my doctor on Monday. Thanks for the help.

[Hidden in reply to GrantB47]

Cough suppressant for coughs NOT due to infection.

[GrantB47 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you.

[Explorer08]

Benzonatate is an effective prescription cough suppressant. However, I don’t know if it would be indicated in your case. Something to ask your doc about.

[GrantB47 in reply to Explorer08]

Thank you

[j-o-h-n]

I had a bad cough once........ and coughed so much that my wife finally yelled out "Johnny (that's me btw) stick a rolled up sock in it"........ I knew she was kidding so I stuck it my briefs and that started my lifetime career as a Chippendale dancer.....

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Sunday 10/08/2023 3:00 PM DST

[GSDF in reply to j-o-h-n]

LOL!!! 😅🤗😅

[hopeful1956 in reply to j-o-h-n]

Oh John. Ahahaha

[Bronzee]

I took abiraterone/predni for 2 years and I developed a cough that would not go away.. it is a side effect but the alternative of not taking it is worse.. now Abi/predni has failed and my PSA is starint to rise again. It is now 5.9 from.032.. next step is lutetium after my PSMA Pt ct scan

[GrantB47]

I am most sorry to hear that. Thank you for letting me know that I may not be crazy. Best of luck moving forward.

[Kevinski65]

Xtandi made me cough… turned out it was a benign hammertoma in my lung.

[GrantB47 in reply to Kevinski65]

May I ask how that was discovered? My doctors seem to have given short shrift to the problem.

[Kevinski65 in reply to GrantB47]

Cat scan

[GrantB47 in reply to Kevinski65]

Thanks

[Kevinski65]

Claritin helped me a great deal. I had a ‘tree in bud’ , other glass opacities but I just kept taking Xtandi and it cleared up. I was also getting lupron.

[GrantB47 in reply to Kevinski65]

Thanks again. I will ask my mo about this.

[Kevinski65 in reply to GrantB47]

Sometimes I think you have to be patient with these Abaratirones and Xtandis. It’s like slamming the brakes on in a car it takes awhile for the car to stop. Don’t be so quick to change therapies. On the other hand I took the maximum amount of aspirin for 6 months, nothing I’d recommend. Got yelled at by my doctor at NIH. I was trying to reduce inflammation. I switched to celebrex trying to reduce inflammation. I also took zyflamend whole body. I retired to reduce stress. Now I’m 10 years out. Just passing stuff along.

[Kevinski65]

Also Norman cousins recommends watching comedies , I’ve resorted to this, …just saying it beats worrying. Easy to say , I know.

[GrantB47 in reply to Kevinski65]

I read the Cousins book almost immediately after I got the results of my biopsy, as I remembered it from reading of his theory when the book was first published. I can't say that I recommend the book, but I am an adherent of that strategy. Here in the cold weather of the NE I do little else during the winter, abandoning television and Facebook, watching several comedies and old television favorites daily. I have found that, for me, Cousins's favorites, the Marx Brothers comedies, don't really hold up very well. I'm a W.C. Fields fan myself. Thanks for all the info. (Three cheers for the Class of '65.)