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Posted 5/13/2023 12:53 PM (GMT 0)
I’m thinking this newly approved drug might be helpful to those on ADT….

https://apple.news/aeeaa_mqjttgd0hswflqq_q
Posted 5/13/2023 1:54 PM (GMT 0)
Prato,
I saw the drug on another news site. It's not clear to me that it might work for men, but I don't know. Med cost is about 7,000 dollars per year.
Posted 5/13/2023 8:36 PM (GMT 0)
Mattam, yes I noticed in the article it was focused on women in menopause . Men on ADT are basically on induced menopause, so I’m just guessing the mechanism would be the same. Could be wrong. And it might have to be prescribed off label.
Re the cost, that’s a shame, but I guess the drug company needs to get their investment back. Most drugs have programs to help consumers in a hardship situation.

So just thought it was worth bringing to the groups attention.
Posted 5/13/2023 9:08 PM (GMT 0)
Absolutely worth posting, Prato. Sorry if I sounded like I was dogging you. 🙂
Posted 5/13/2023 9:34 PM (GMT 0)
Intriguing. A lot of guys here do experience bad hot flashes.
Posted 5/13/2023 9:37 PM (GMT 0)

mattam said...
Absolutely worth posting, Prato. Sorry if I sounded like I was dogging you. 🙂

Not at all mattam.
Posted 5/14/2023 11:26 AM (GMT 0)
You take it and report back.
Posted 5/15/2023 1:49 PM (GMT 0)

Duck2 said...
You take it and report back.

lol I don’t have hot flashes
Posted 5/15/2023 7:18 PM (GMT 0)

mattam said...
Prato,
I saw the drug on another news site. It's not clear to me that it might work for men, but I don't know. Med cost is about 7,000 dollars per year.

cheaper than ozempic
Posted 5/16/2023 2:22 AM (GMT 0)
I'm trying to keep my medications to a minimum, with ZYTIGA (Abiraterone Acetate) being my main medication ...

That being said, I honestly feel a simple glass of ice water and a ceiling fan can carry me through any hot flash moments ... without going on another medication with a $7,000 price tag ...

To each their own, but I personally would NEVER ask my doctor to prescribe this for me ...

Best to each & all ~
CYCLONE ~ # Iowa State University
Posted 5/16/2023 12:50 PM (GMT 0)
I was on ADT for three years and hot flashes were the norm a dozen or more times every 24 hour period. Did many things to mitigate them, but never alleviated them. Only brought them up once with my wife as she had been naturally experiencing them for some 10 years……..her response was “man up”……so I did.
Posted 5/16/2023 11:06 PM (GMT 0)
I have a question about the Hot flashes.
When will they end, I had my last 6 month shot on 08/19, I still have them but not as bad, and it seems like my bladder and the hot flashes work together, get up at night to go pee and have a hot flash.
Posted 5/17/2023 12:02 AM (GMT 0)
"Night sweats" are common with ADT ...

Keep a glass of ice water on your nightstand ~ wear cotton boxers and cotton t-shirt to bed.

Turn on a room fan or bedroom ceiling fan ... a great investment, if you don't have one.

I have expensive neck support pillows - and I sack my pillows with 3 pillowcases to protect the pillows.

Cotton sheets on the bed ~ launder often, along with the pillowcases.

Some easy strategies to help navigate through "night sweats" for any fellow here ...

CYCLONE ~ # Iowa State University
Posted 5/18/2023 10:08 AM (GMT 0)
There is a drug some have found helpful named Megestrol (megace). This hormone based drug was developed as an appetite stimulant for advanced stage BCa women who lose significant weight with certain chemotherapy routines. I was on for a couple of weeks and it did help relieve the hot flashes but made me famished and I started gaining weight so I stopped.
Posted 5/19/2023 2:30 PM (GMT 0)

JNF said...
I was on ADT for three years and hot flashes were the norm a dozen or more times every 24 hour period. Did many things to mitigate them, but never alleviated them. Only brought them up once with my wife as she had been naturally experiencing them for some 10 years……..her response was “man up”……so I did.

My wife had the same response, pretty much . "Welcome to my world" was her favorite thing to say to me.

The only hard thing for me about Hot Flashes was when they came on in the middle of a client meeting. It was a little unsettling, and i always just said "medication I'm on" without going into detail.
Posted 5/19/2023 11:39 PM (GMT 0)
My husband was getting approx 20-30 hot flashes/night sweats per day when he began Lupron and Zytiga. The oncologist asked him if he wanted to try a low dose of Venlafaxine. He is currently taking 37.5mg once a day and his flashes have decreased by more than half. Still gets them but not nearly as frequently. Venlafaxine is also prescribed for women with menopausal hot flashes. Generic form available. Hope the info helps.
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