Side Effects of Flomax, Taking Erleada to Avoid Prednisone | Answering YouTube Comments #73 | PCRI

Sun, 17 Aug 2025 21:28:32 +0000

PCRI's Alex asks medical oncologist, Mark Scholz, MD, questions from our YouTube comments on whether you can reduce the size of the prostate with dietary changes, why Flomax causes nasal congestion and for how long, and whether it is advisable to switch from Zytiga to Erleada to avoid having to take prednisone.

0:05 Can you reduce the size of a prostate with dietary changes?

1:42 Why does tamsulosin (Flomax) cause nasal congestion and how long does this side effect last?

2:52 I'm 57 and was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer 18 months ago (PSA was 178 and Gleason 3+4). I've been on Zytiga for 18 months and my PSA has been 0.01 for almost a year. Recently, Erleada was approved in my country, and I want to know if it would be advisable to switch to that from Zytiga to avoid the side effects of prednisone.

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