Biclutamide and Enzalutamide ingredients.

At the risk of making myself sound a bit of an a*se, bicalutamide has got bicalutamide in it ((RS)-N-[4-cyano-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-3-[(4-fluorophenyl)sulfonyl]-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropanamide).  The other ingredients in the tablet will just be the excipients. Not sure what search engine you use but you'll find the structure (for what it's worth) and a host of other info here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicalutamide

You could also search on Casodex - which is the "proprietary name" for bicalutamide.  Bicalutamide is the "generic name".  I'm starting bicalutamide next week (I got my biopsy results last week) and after reading your experience I'm not looking forward to it, but I appreciate the heads up.

I hope you get on better with enzalutamide which you will find here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzalutamide

Thanks Upkeep,

I must admit it hadn't occured to me to look on Wikipedia, thank you for the links.

What I can offer to you though is this.Just because I had a bad time on biclutamide, just because everyone seems to share the same stories about its side effects, doesn't mean there isn't something worse or that you will. And it doesn't mean that you have to be on it forever. My story is below:

I didn't start on biclutamide, I was put on another drug that was prescribed and I had to take another drug once a week to slow its effects down. Between them my Saturdays became a hell that I slept through: Sundays were a horrible mess of sleep and eat as little as possible but by Tuesday I was a functioning person again and could do anything I chose which included going in to work.

I asked if there was an alternative and was changed to biclutamide.

Once I had been on biclutamide long enough, two weeks minimum, I found out that I could be swapped to a monthly injection, upside: you feel much better, downside: you have to keep the biclutamide up for another ten days whilst your body gets used to the injection. Once the biclutamide leaves your system, it is not so bad, you do begin to function again.

I know people say stay away from Google, its full of horror stories, and it is but, if you go looking for facts they are there too, along with stories of hope.

Talking to my oncologist, there are many combination ways of dealing with prostate cancer but the recognised ways all seem to include biclutamide start.

I am always available to chat too and will happily do so when I am on ine. So if it starts to get to you, feel free to mail me direct.

Cheers

RT