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RickyD 24 days ago

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Good Morning all.

I am 5 years down the road with metastatic prostate cancer but, thankfully, my PSA is still <0.1. I have lots of issues, but today, I would like to raise a very basic, but also very annoying subject. Hot flushes. For the past 2 years, I have been quite happy taking sage capsules, but I now find they are less effective for some reason, so am scouting around for alternatives. I am looking at ginkgo and ginseng and wonder if any of you have found these to be useful. All suggestions are welcome. I would point out that I have already tried acupuncture and this worked well while I was having it, but stopped pretty quickly when I wasn't.

Anyway, thanks you for any response and I wish you all well.

RickyD 18 days ago in reply to Axel H

Hi Axel,

I sense your frustration. The NHS is good at many things, but sometimes, listening is not one of them, particularly at consultant level. But, if it weren't for the NHS, I would be spending my kids inheritance on healthcare. When you are paying upfront, you can get almost anything you want. However, when its free, you can only get what they want to give you. I have to say though, I have received pretty good care all the way through, and I am grateful for it.

Take care

Rick

RickyD 18 days ago in reply to BarryW

Hi Barry.

Thanks for your response. I have come to the conclusion that top pharmaceutical and horticultural experts take great care in picking names that either make no sense, or are very difficult to pronounce. Having said that, I will look up Medroxy whatsit and check it out.

Many thanks

Rick

Alwayshope 18 days ago in reply to RickyD

Hi RickyD .

There is a lot of evidence that Enzalutamide can be used after Abiraterone, and also that it can result in less cardiac or stroke issues. I would go back and challenge the doctors or get a second opinion. Cost should not be the deciding factor and if you don't push you don't get.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8437777/

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(19)30688-6/abstract#:~:text=Treatment%20with%20abiraterone%20plus%20prednisone,sequencing%20strategy%20for%20these%20drugs.

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