Hormone treatment

Many thanks 

Tony said:

Many thx I am on the second group of tablets 

Hi Tony and a late welcome from me. You will probably only be on Bicalutamide for a month. This is to stop "tumour flare" when the injections start.

I had 28 days of Bicalutamide and three years of Prostap which started after just a few days of tablets. It's now three years since my last Prostap injection and, although everything else has returned to normal size and functionality (well, as much functionality as one can expect at nearly 77), my "Moobs" have stayed with me!

Good luck with your treatment.

Many thx

I thought I would see what NICE (UK advisory body) have to say about the different types of hormone therapy. These drugs are classified as Very Common or Common to produce the side effect of Gynaecomastia (moobs).

Leuprorelin/ Prostap 

Goserelin 

Triptorelin/ Decapeptyl 

Degarelix 

Enzalutamide 

Relugolix

The following drugs do not have a warning.

Darolutamide (but one paper suggests approximately a third)

Aptalutamide 

Abiraterone 

This then raises the question of side effects with combined drug therapy - my thoughts are that the mode of action of the drugs which do not produce moobs would counter the effects of those which do.

Interestingly NICE also recommend that men should be counselled about possible treatments such as initial radiotherapy to the breast buds if they are put onto hormone therapy.