"I.P. Freely" <fuhgheddaboutit@noway.nohow> wrote in message

Just to show there's a study to dampen any plan, a couple of years ago a
researcher claimed she found a link between chondroitin and prostate cancer
metastisis.  Who knows?  But it caused me to switch to Glucosamine alone.

"Bill, I hope you're closely monitoring your liver enzymes; NSAIDS can
do some real harm. They kill 5-10k people a year, if I recall the
number correctly. They give me ulcer symptoms within days and
full-blown ulcers within weeks. Glucosamine chondroitin often provides
relief comparable or superior to that of NSAIDS without the GI risk."

I always figured it came w/ the territory but perhaps my rheumatologist
is just cautious but he has me come in every 90 days for blood work. I
have been on naproxen for going on 30 years w/ no SEs and acceptable
disease progression.

Regarding vitamin D, a pamphlet that came w/ my last Theralogix
Prostate 2.2 refill announced that they were increasing the D dose from
800 IU to 1600 IU/day [I was wrong above - I am taking 2000/day] based
on recent research. As to the safe dose they state:

"Although the Institure of Medicine has set the UL ... at 2000 IU per
day, vitamin D intakes up to 3800 IU per day in healthy individuals
rarely cause adverse reactions. ... other studies suggest that daily
uptake up to 10,000 IU is safe, and many vitamin D researchers have
suggested that the UL is set too low. In a study published in 2001,
over 60 men and women were given either 100 or 4000 IU vitamin D per
day. Neither level caused any side effects, and did not result in
hypercalcemia. Blood levels of calcium did not change during the study
period, and the authors therefore concluded that 4000 IU per day was
safe."    

Bill Denton
RP 2/12/02
PSA .67
Memphis