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Testosterone after ADT ends

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Posted 09 Feb 2025 at 13:57

Testosterone after ADT ends: has anyone been prescribed it?

User
Posted 09 Feb 2025 at 16:16

It does happen now. It used to be pretty much forbidden, but it was found in some trials that it doesn't significantly increase the risk of recurrence.

Where you on it before ADT or not?

User
Posted 09 Feb 2025 at 17:49

I have not had testosterone supplements.

This patient explanation booklet explains testosterone use against  Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer - 'Bipolar Androgen Therapy'

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9313844/

User
Posted 10 Feb 2025 at 10:29

BAT is a different situation - that's for someone who still needs hormone therapy to suppress incurable cancer.

By you saying you'd finished ADT, and seemingly had a treatment with curative intent, I was presuming you don't need further hormone therapy or any treatment.

We had one person here on lifelong hormone therapy who persuaded his oncologist to let him try BAT, but on his first Testosterone cycle, the cancer went rampant and took his life. I've never come across anyone else who's tried it. I rather suspect that to be effective, you probably need to start BAT before the cancer gets castrate resistant, but that seems like one hell of a risk if you are currently on ADT which seems to be working well.

User
Posted 10 Feb 2025 at 12:29

Totally agree - BAT is for Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer (CRPC).

User
Posted 10 Feb 2025 at 12:41

Just had 'SmartStart' checkup and personalised gym routine programme (1 hour free personal advice at Bannatynes Gym)

The electronic check of my muscle mass reading this morning was 31% (37.4kg muscle over 119.4kg total).

One chart online says 32%-35% is 'average male' aged 56 to 75 years old.

So I have lost some, but not a lot of muscle mass whilst on nearly 2 years of ADT.  But my muscles are weak.

Thoughts?

User
Posted 10 Feb 2025 at 13:11

Blood pressure

December (just before end of ADT): 121 over 77  & resting heart rate (RHR) 97

Today (February) 101 over 67 & RHR 78

ASTOUNDING REDUCTION OF BLOOD PRESSURE JUST 4 WEEKS AFTER MY 'ADT FREEDOM DAY' OF JAN 8TH

 

 
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