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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / January 2004Any product out there .. that will help Shrink the Prostate ?
I sorta doubt it ... but who knows.... Any ideas .. thanks in advance ... > I sorta doubt it ... but who knows.... Any ideas .. thanks in advance ... Hormone suppression (e.g. Lupron) will do it. They use it to stop progression of the cancer, weaken it (theoretically) and shrink it before radiation. Mine shrank quite a bit. However if you haven't got cancer, just benign prostate hyperplasia, I've never heard of it being used for that. >ubject: Re: Any product out there .. that will help Shrink the Prostate ? >From: "Alan Meyer" >Hormone suppression (e.g. Lupron) will do it. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Wondering why the medication you suggested .. would NOT WORK if there was no Cancer involved ? thanks in advance > >ubject: Re: Any product out there .. that will help Shrink the Prostate ? > >From: "Alan Meyer" [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Wondering why the medication you suggested .. would NOT WORK if there was no > Cancer involved ? thanks in advance Cardura helps shrink the prostate, but you need a Dr. prescription. There are some herbal remedies out there, but don't know if they are effective or just smoke. If your prostate needs shrinking your doctor must have discovered this during an exam. What did he say about it? If he left you wondering-I'd find another doctor. > >ubject: Re: Any product out there .. that will help Shrink the Prostate ? > >From: "Alan Meyer" [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Wondering why the medication you suggested .. would NOT WORK if there was no > Cancer involved ? thanks in advance Hormone suppression therapy has nasty side effects. It reduces libido, makes sex more difficult, causes hot flashes and, if taken for a long time, can make permanent changes in the body including osteoporosis and a permanent reduction in testosterone. All this is acceptable if the alternative is death from cancer. But it sounds a lot less attractive as a treatment for a non-life threatening condition - especially if it's used as a long term treatment. But - ask your doctor. He'll know more about it (I hope) than I do. Alan Cardura can be helpful in reducing prostate size and increasing urine flow in some instances. My GP prescribed Cardura along with two other drugs to treat hypertension. When I informed my Uro of what I was taking, he felt the dosage was not enough to have a significant effect on prostate size and spoke with the GP. She increased the Cardura and after about a month I noticed fewer trips to the bathroom at night. One or two as opposed to four or more trips, now in the morning I feel like I actually slept. Going for the second of three planned Lupron shots this week with brachytheraphy planned for March. If that spring planting goes like my gardening, it'll be great, nothing grows :) Tom > > >ubject: Re: Any product out there .. that will help Shrink the Prostate ? > > >From: "Alan Meyer" [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Alan |
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