HT drug questions.

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HI all,

I'm just a few days from the end of my 28 HT tablets (Bicalutamide 50mg) and had my first injection (Decapeptyl SR 3.75mg) two weeks in and looking at the sheet I was given (and a copy for the Dr) it looks like my next injection, 30 days after the first could be 'Prostrap 11.25mg' OR 'Decapeptyl SR 11.25' and my Dr Surgery has put Prostrap on my medications list.

Two questions please.

Why would the Drs allocate the Prostrap over Decapeptyl, other that was on the top of the 'OR' list and

it says on the form that this second injection should be administered '3 monthly' but has previously stated 1 monthly?

So does it go, 14 days tablets, injection, 14 days tablets, stop tablets, 14 days later 2nd injection, then ... injections every 3 months till ... ?

Also, there is no mention of when I start RT and / or what other tests I might have / need along the way? Is there a set time or is it based on say my PSA etc please?

p.s. I went to the second PC monthly meeting and it was good to see all the guys, plus a few extras again. One chap commented that I seemed much happier this time. ;-)

Stevecam over 2 years ago in reply to Greener

Greener, I remember when I was young, there was only the one doctor, now you have a long list of doctors at a surgery and you never get to see the same one twice, so it's quite often you are having to go through things again and again and again...

Steve (SteveCam)

eddiel over 2 years ago in reply to Able

Hi able i love your pathway diary and i am guessing you are not medically trained and it took a few minutes so why can't the NHS do it. Regarding GPs, my practice is joining up with 2 others so GPs are moved around, and i have seen many of them, lets just say they are a mixed bunch. Anyway 2 stood out. exactly how you would wish your GP to be and they were the two youngest, i don't know if that is just a coincidence. Anyway as is your right i only see them. Prostap in the stomach painless. take care. Eddie

Able over 2 years ago in reply to Greener

The young pharmacist at the Drs dealt with the Mrs then actually got out of her chair and went and got the Dr for a second opinion for something with me and sorted out a batch prescription problem and made us feel like we had been heard and dealt with like humans. ;-)

Greener over 2 years ago in reply to Able

And that Able is all that it takes but sadly, increasingly it is the exception rather than the rule.

Greener

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