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Community Conversation => Transitioning => Hormone replacement therapy => Topic started by: gwenamos on February 26, 2009, 07:22:55 AM

Title: Flutamide
Post by: gwenamos on February 26, 2009, 07:22:55 AM
Hi all,

Has anyone had any experience with flutamide? My doctor prescribed it to me as an anti-androgen at the end of December and I've been on it since (along with estradiol and spiro that I've been on for a year and a half now). Lately though I've been feeling more testosterone-y than I have in quite a while and I'm wondering if the flutamide could have something to do with it. I plan to ask my doctor about it but I'd also like to hear about other' experience with the drug. Thanks!

Gwen
Title: Re: Flutamide
Post by: paulault55 on February 26, 2009, 09:33:12 AM
Gwen, Spiro is an anti-androgen why is he giving you Flutamide which is another anti-androgen, you should need one or the other but not both unless your T levels are still way too high. Flutamide does raise T levels but the extra T is converted to E, and has more side effects than Casodex which doesn't. Yes i would ask him why he is giving you two anti-androgen's. I only take Spiro and my T level is less than 30.

Paula.