Experiences with

Avodart

I have not had Avodart but might consider it down the road. My main complaints about Lupron include: decreased metabolism leading to obesity, loss of muscle mass, loss of bone density, fatigue and lethargy.

I am Al Mayo from canada .I am 86 years old .I have been fighting with my urologist for the past 17 years not to get a biopsy .My psa last Dec was 52.2 and I still refused a biopsy .I have taken many herbs and they work for awhile then stop.My urologist put me on avodart last Jan and he said that if

I see that a lot of members here are taking Avodart to reduce DHT level (5-alpha-reductase inhibitor) and since it is hard to get this medication without a prescription, I searched for herbal replacement such as: 1) Pumpkin Seed 2) Saw Palmetto 3) Green Tea 4) Giant Dodder 5) Reishi mushroom 6) Fatty

Again slow rise and I off and on used Avodart and Casadox during the last three years. Had two 68 GL PSMA in the last three years which came out negative. Now I am planning to start EstroGel therapy. Had been closely monitoring the progress of some of the esteemed members who are on this group.

Dr wants me to take avodart to shrink prostate. Don't care for sounds of possible side affects. What are the other and best options? New Dr would prefer it smaller before next biopsy due to very large.

I'm also taking prostrate medicines avodart and solifen, do they have problem with Gerd or Gerd medicines? Thanks

I use Avodart as do some of Ar. Myers ex-patients. "Overall, 943 males were enrolled; 45 (4.77%) were exposed to 5ARI.

Zytiga and Avodart.

George71 in reply to kaptank neither Avodart or finasteride are blocking the cells from getting testosterone -- nor are they blocking you from making testosterone -- they only keep you from converting testosterone to DHT. Kaptank: I don't know the answer and cannot find it in the literature.

There are many on this forum that take Avodart to reduce DHT levels. I perused the NCCN Guidelines Version 1.2020 - Prostate Cancer and searched Pubmed but did not find any guidance or reports that would support using an 5 alpha reductase inhibitor.

Just curious as to whether any of you have been able to control your PSA after recurrence? Since dutasteride is an inhibitor of all three 5a-reductase isoforms, it appears to be an effective suppressor of DHT which is a considerably more potent androgen than the testosterone it is derived from. After

I also continued Lupron and Avodart. I also have vision/eye issues including Macular Degeneration and I have regular eye injections, and less not forget heart problems.

Been on Lupron, Casodex, Avodart forever. MO Appt tomorrow here in NJ. No discernible Covid 19 symptoms; T=97.5-98.5F! Do I go or postpone? (84, GS6, T2B in 1997, Pd+XBRT,recurred in 2001. Current psa on hormones: 0.4!; hi bp, triple bypass in '17).

Should I get Doxycycline and Avodart prescripts from a med oncologist or dermatologist, if my intended benefits are to slow the prostate cancer growth?

(The reason some use a statin &/or Avodart.) Note. ERRα is: estrogen-related receptor alpha.

Nalakrats is on his sabatical, so I'll speak for both of us - we already have a way to stop DHEA-S ending up as DHT: Avodart. The blood test for DHEA & DHEA-S is not expensive [4].

If Avodart works for me that won't happen anyway (hopefully). Recently I see evidence that high testosterone treatments are being suggested but this is completely opposite to conventional treatment, should I dismiss this immediately?

I will continue to use Avodart. I view it as a 'safety play'. -Patrick [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32547884/ PeerJ . 2020 Jun 1;8:e9282. doi: 10.7717/peerj.9282. eCollection 2020.

I had a talk with my MO about Avodart, and he doesn't have a problem with me taking it, and I will start doing this shortly. He is not too keen on IADt( The reason I want to start Avodart) because of my high Gleason score(9), but is willing to consider it at a later stage in my treatment.

. & men on Avodart may be protected from the "alternative pathway". -Patrick [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMPRSS2 [2] https://prost8blog.com/2020/03/29/covid-19-adt-and-prostate-cancer/ [3] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29773553/?