Hello, new to the forum.
My father is now several months into prostate cancer treatment after a scary manifestation of symptoms last year.
He has been on a long course of Eligard to lower his testosterone levels. He has found the drop in his testosterone extremely challenging and it has had a detrimental effect on his quality of life. Obviously I feel fortunate to still have him here, and I'm sure he appreciates the chance to continue to be on this earth, but understand that it must be incredibly difficult.
His latest tests show that his cancer has not metastasised, but his lymph nodes have increased in size.
His oncologist has now advised he take Abiraterone. Do Eligard and Abiraterone perform the same function? On a basic level we understand that they're both testosterone blockers, so we're struggling to see the benefit of a switch.
Thank you in advance!
