Finasteride: "Miracle drug" regrows hair, heals prostate, and also boosts heart health ByEric Ralls Earth.com

[Seasid]

I am now thinking to add Finasteride to Bicalutamide plus degarelix injections. Would/could it help me if on the psma pet scan my only visible cancer is in my prostate?

I had radiation therapy to my prostate but my prostate cancer is back and looks like that the radiation therapy failed and the most resistant strains where selected and now growing in my prostate with the PSA doubling time under 3 months.

I was diagnosed in 2018 polimetastatic with distant Mets in my bones. Spine, neck etc.

Since then only on degarelix and a year ago I irradiated my prostate as the scans didn't show any Mets only cancer in my prostate. My PSA a year ago was 1.4 just before the prostate cancer irradiation. The PSA dropped in 6 months after radiation from 1.2 to 0.25 and now is on the fast rise. Last PSA was 3.

What is my status? Am I still polimetastatic or maybe oligo metastatic or just none metastatic crpc in my prostate? I am confused. What should I do?

Please ask questions so I can explain better what is happening.

Finasteride: "Miracle drug" regrows hair, heals prostate, and also boosts heart health

ByEric Ralls

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[Seasid]

My testosterone levels are around 1. No scan detected any Mets only crpc cancer in my prostate. I just recently added Bicalutamide to degarelix injections when the PSA reached 1.8. the PSA is still rising. My last scans where 3 months ago. I had a psma pet scan with CT with contrast and a day later a nuclear medicine bone scan showing no Mets.

[Proflac in reply to Seasid]

Has no one suggested adding in abiraterone/enzalutamide?

[Seasid in reply to Proflac]

I don't want that now, I need some estrogens for my bones. I am on ADT for 5.5 years now. In 2016 in Europe if you have none metastatic crpc in your prostate only they would keep you on ADT alone. I added Bicalutamide and trying to hook my cancer on it. When my PSA will rise I will stop Bicalutamide and my cancer will collapse hopefully for one year. I can always add whatever I want but I am not in a hurry now. Ideally speaking I would like to radiate it again or remove it surgically. I don't really know. They are pluses and minuses to everything in life. At this very moment I feel great. My only concern is that the crpc from my prostate could spread locally or even it could metastasize maybe only to the pelvic lymph nodes or more distant. I have to keep check on it. Actually I had early chemotherapy and according to the ENZAMET study their is no difference in Enzalutade and Bicalutamide if you are polimetastatic with de novo distant Mets and you received early chemotherapy.

[MoonRocket]

Well...once metastatic to the bones, always metastatic to the bones. I haven't read that bone metastasis is cured...so with that in mind...you should be able to switch to a different ARPI\ARSI since you are now mcrpca. Staying on Casodex is not a good choice IMO...switch to Abi or Enzi now for more control.

[Seasid in reply to MoonRocket]

I will switch but I am not in a hurry.

[Seasid in reply to MoonRocket]

Where is your cancer?

[MoonRocket in reply to Seasid]

That is a good question. My scans are clean so there is know way to know right now

[Lizzo30]

Saw Palmetto is a natural alternative to Finasteride