Unable to take Spiro Any Suggestions On Another

[morriganali]

I know for a fact that I'm not the only one who can't take Spiro. It cause a lot of complications and my doctor took me off all together. My question is what other T-Blockers are there if you being told that spiro is the only one. If it is this is far beyond upsetting

[Jill F]

I've never taken spiro.  I take finasteride and dutasteride, a healthy dose of tri-est cream and a 13 day progesterone cycle.

That being said, I'd like to get off of as much of that as possible by having an orchiectomy ASAP.

[JLT1]

In retrospect, I'd do a depo injection every three months.  Wait a minute, that what I will be changing to ...

Hugs,

Jen

[Ms Grace]

There is Androcur but I believe it's not available in the US. (?)

[Jamie D]

I know for a fact that I'm not the only one who can't take Spiro. It cause a lot of complications and my doctor took me off all together. My question is what other T-Blockers are there if you being told that spiro is the only one. If it is this is far beyond upsetting

Spironolactone is a potassium-sparing diuretic with anti-androgenic properties.  Another one of my medications is lisinopril, an ACE inhibitor.  I need to stay on lisinopril because of its proven effectiveness against diabetic nephropathy.  However, lisinopril has an adverse drug interaction with spironolactone.

My meds often have to do "double duty."  The anti-androgen I was prescribed with estradiol was bicalutimide.  Bicalutimide blocks the androgen receptors and is demonstrated to cause an increase of estrogen in the system.  For me it was a win-win.