Experiences with

Bicalutamide

Husband srarted Bicalutamide March 21 & Taxotere March 27. April 25 PSA was 10. June 27 it was 12. Ended Taxotere July 12. Aug 2 PSA was 19. Dr out him on Xtandi - started 8/25 and PSA dropped to 16 in 2 weeks but last one taken on 10/3 it jumped up to 31.

Also in 2013 [5]: "Here we found that ADT with the currently used Casodex (bicalutamide) and the newly developed MDV3100 (enzalutamide) promoted PCa metastasis via enhancing macrophage infiltration in both in vitro co-culture systems and in vivo mouse models.

Have been on bicalutamide/finasteride and psa dropped to 0.7 in 8/2017. Psa now at 1.2 and has me worried. Another psa next week. Ct/bone scans show lymph node involvement in pelvic area and supraclavicular nodes.

I recently was castrated and began taking 50mg Bicalutamide daily which I will titrate to 150mg over a 3 month period.

His urologist put him on 150mg of Bicalutamide immediately (we then learned a few days later at Foxchase Cancer this was old way of thinking and he went to 50mg.) That was the last time we saw that urologist.

J suggested the my next course of action, if my PSA rises to 1.5 or 2.0 would be to start bicalutamide. It seems that his theory is to try to milk each treatment for as much time as we can get out of it. Honestly, I don't really hear of anyone being prescribed bicalutamide any more. Thoughts?

it would be the drug you would take after bicalutamide fails. i believe it starts with doca or docu. no matter how i try to spell it, it fails to come up in a search. thanks in advance.

I was put on luproglide injection once a month plus Bicalutamide 10 ml once a day for a year, then Lupron inject every 6 months plus the oral med. Undetectable ever since, but I get mad side effects mainly hot Flamin Flashes Hydrosis, Nausea a little and those damn Titties.

First-generation non-steroidal anti-androgens, including flutamide and bicalutamide, block the androgen receptor, thereby inhibiting intracellular signaling.

On May 10th 2017 she started me on BICALUTAMIDE 14 days followed by 3 month inj of LEUPROLIDE. A PET scan verified bone cancer in the ribs, the sternum, the spine and the pelvis. I don't have any pain, well I have had chronic back pain for years.

My husband is on 50mg bicalutamide ,however he has just told me he thinks he may have taken 2 today 1 at 5 pm and another at 9 pm.is this dangerous.and what should he do

Started Hormone treatment Bicalutamide pills for two weeks then Triptorelin injection, then pills for another two weeks then discontinue pills but continue injections every three months – advised this to continue for life.

Started bicalutamide additional to zoladex 4 weeks ago. Recent nuclear bone scan clear. Awaiting CT scan then psa test to see if bicalutamide is reducing psa. Should I be doing anything else? Resident near Manchester in UK.

By way of an update - my PSA has been quickly rising - 29 at last test so my onco has changed me from the bicalutamide to enzalutamide and I am having CT and bone scans in July - very disappointing after a PSA of 0.65 in Jan and hope that I was 'good for a year or two'.

Hi all Nuray,aim currently on Bicalutamide 50 mg for 21 one days?first Prostap injection on 9 march?followed by 6 and half weeks of Radiothereapy? To help control my recent prostate recurrence 0.13 has any one gone down this road? Taking all three therapy's at once?

Gynecomastia was recorded in 69.7% of the patients in the bicalutamide group, as compared with 10.9% of those in the placebo group (P<0.001).

Started Eligard 22.5 with Bicalutamide PSA dropped to .3 but no ts up to 6.8 as of 2/17/17. Docs are recommending xtandi or zytiga. need to know which works better first to avoid resistance to the next one. Dr also said Provenge is something to consider and this is the time to do it.

Moreover, bicalutamide therapy significantly reduced PRL increase in response to L-dopa." ... Unfortunately, there are no studies showing that my favorite polyphenols can inhibit prolactin.

Three common types of anti-androgen drugs are: •Bicalutamide (Casodex) •Flutamide (Eulexin) •Nilutamide (Nilandron) You may take these before you start GnRH agents to avoid a hormone flare or if other hormone therapy stops working. How you take them. Some hormone therapy drugs are pills.

Here is what the study paper states [2]: "The addition of 24 months of antiandrogen therapy with daily bicalutamide to salvage radiation therapy resulted in significantly higher rates of long-term overall survival and lower incidences of metastatic prostate cancer and death from prostate cancer than