Old sailor....Ive been on it for 5 months now and its been working good....SEs are a little worse than HT for me.....biggest one being extreme fatigue and weakness. My PSA went from a 381 down to 16.9 which it is now...and keeps dropping each month. As far as the cost....I was told by the nurse where I get it that its $6,000 for a 4 week supply. Not sure how much the prednisone is that you have to take with it but I think its cheap.
Not sure what insurance you have but I pay $17.00 co pay for the Zytiga and $5.00 for the prednisone for a total of 22 dollars. Normally all my prescriptions are free if I get them on base (retired military)....but this being a specialty drug I had to get it straight from my Oncologists pharmacy. Not sure if your retired navy.....do you have Tricare prime? That's what I have. If you use express scripts it sounds like your not near a military base with a pharmacy. Either way you will more than likely need to go thru a specialty pharmacy or straight from your Oncos office. Hope that helps some.