Men don't like Hormone Tablet side effects for Prostate - trying new meds
On NBN News some years ago ... watch the video! https://www.nine.com.au/australia-news/new-drugs-trials-testicular-cancer-australia-20181226-p5wt63.html Hydroxychlorquine GH (for arthritis) and Lozanoc (Anti Fungal) medications - a mix of which appears to reduce unwanted hormonal side effects for men. Some men who require taking Hormone tablets to reduce the amount of testosterone (and other hormones) that feed their Prostate Cancer - don't seem to like the side effects that the tablets produce. Weight Gain, brain fog issues, emotional issues, aches & pains ...... HELLO?? So they are trialling the use of a combination of 2 drugs to kill the cancer cells -Hydroxychlorquine GH and Lozanoc are showing promising results. Further down the track, they will trial it on ovarian and breast cancer, apparently!
Did you have a Mirena in place like me when diagnosed with breast cancer?
I was diagnosed with breast cancer 3.5 months ago and had a double mastectomy 3months ago. I am 44 years old. I started doing some research as a number of people I know with breast cancer who were young also had a Mirena. There is new research coming out of: -Europe that indicates that there is a 40% higher risk of breast cancer if you had a Mirena, and -Germany that shows that the Mirena can change hormone levels in the breast based on scans I had breast ultrasound scans that show I did not have breast cancer just before my Mirena was inserted 5 years ago, and that it developed post Mirena insertion. I had no genetic factors (based on testing), and no risk factors for breast cancer. It seems highly co-incidental. I also looked up the FDA documentation for Mirena approval and it states that "Spontaneous reports of breast cancer have been received during postmarketing experience with Mirena. Because spontaneous reports and voluntary and from a population of uncertain size, it is not possible to use postmarketing data to estimate the frequency or establish causal relationship to drug exposure..." I am keen to connect with other women who had a Mirena in place and then were diagnosed with breast cancer. If this is you, please respond to this post- I would love to hear your story!
WIDER clinical trial
Hello everyone Is anyone participating in the WIDER trial for riblociclib? After much indecisiveness over the last 4 weeks I have decided to participate, and I go in tomorrow to sign the consent forms. But now I’m having doubts!. The thought of putting another drug in my system after just getting back to ‘functional’ after the hardest 12 months of my life, is making it really difficult to know if I’m doing the right thing.
