Triple Androgen Blockade Therapy

I would be glad to hear from anyone who has tried Triple Androgen Blockade Therapy (TAB) followed by finasteride maintenance (FM), as described in this 2005 ASCO abstract.

http://www.asco.org/portal/site/ASCO/menuitem.34d60f5624ba07fd506fe310ee37a01d/?vgnextoid=76f8201eb61a7010VgnVCM100000ed730ad1RCRD&vmview=abst_detail_view&confid=37&index=y&abstractid=20271

I have been on TAB for PC for the last 9-months, under the guidance of Dr Steven Tucker who wrote the abstract with Dr. Bob Liebowitz.
My PSA has reduced from 19.2 to 0.057.
Night time urination has reduced from about 3 times a night to one time or less.
I have 3-monthly Zoladex shots, plus 150 mg/day Casodex and 0.5 mg/day Avodart (Dr. Liebowitz prefers Proscar).
Actually, I use generic Calutide (= Casodex) and Dutas (= Avodart) which are much cheaper.
Negative effects are (a) I have a muzzy head from the Casodex (b) for the first 3-months felt generally unwell (c) no erections, as to be expected (d) somewhat enlarged breasts.

I have not had significant hot flashes, but I live in a hot climate so it's difficult to tell.
My Gleason score was 3+3 = 6. DRE negative. Clinical stage T1c. Considered clinically localized PC. No symptoms. Age 61.

Regards,
Steve
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Thanks Tony for your input. I'm interested to hear about other folks who've tried Intermittent Triple Androgen Blockade Therapy as a first line of attack, without other radical treatments like RP, RT, or Chemo.

Intermittent TAB is usually applied for 12~13 months using ZOLADEX, CASODEX, and PROSCAR (or AVODART), and continuining with PROSCAR (or AVODART) after this period as "maintenance."

Steve

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