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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate BPH / August 2005lower PSA:
From: "DP" <deanper@allvantage.com> Subject: Re: LOWER PSA: Date: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 11:29 AM I guess Ed that I,m just wanting to get the prostate healthy. My Psa has run from 5.7 to 3.5 after PVP. I know that I have a very large prostate around 90 grams which is probably causing the higher numbers. I had a biopsy in 1997 which was negative. I guess I would like to get the prostate healthy and retard its growth so any information I get from the group is appreciated. I also was wondering if taking supplements like beta-sistoserol helps. PSA is now 4.95 Thanks DP "Ed" <Ed@Hatespam.com> wrote in message news:ldfgf1dfbj2q11ptkpga0mdqeme3o0soca@4ax.com... > On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 15:22:48 -0500, Ed Friedman <ed@math.uchicago.edu> > wrote: > >>Ooops - I almost forgot the most important thing. If you are taking >>5AR2 inhibitors (which you have to in order to lower DHT), you must >>avoid all soy, flaxseed, isoflavenes, etc. - anything that binds >>specifically to ER-beta. >> >>Ed Friedman > > Interesting... could you provide additional info on this? References? > > Ed >From: "DP" <deanper@allvantage.com> >Subject: Re: LOWER PSA: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >appreciated. I also was wondering if taking supplements like beta-sistoserol >helps. PSA is now 4.95 Thanks DP Yeah, this is what all us BPH sufferers are after. We all want better prostate health. Saw palmetto seems to be the most popular of over-the-counter remedies to improve prostate symptoms. Soy and other plant sources contains beta-sitosterol, and this is supposed to help BPH symptoms (but does not shrink the gland). Proscar (finasteride) is a drug that does shrink the gland. But poster Ed Friedman suggests that beta-sitosterol interferes with finasteride. The info sheet that came with my proscar does not mention this. So I'm wondering where this suggestion came from. Ed Hi Ed, I took proscar for two years and it did lower my PSA but destroyed my sex life. So what do you do? DP, >>From: "DP" <deanper@allvantage.com> >>Subject: Re: LOWER PSA: [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Ed >Hi Ed, > I took proscar for two years and it did lower my PSA but destroyed my >sex life. So what do you do? Heh, it's been a while since someone asked me about my sex life. I've been on Proscar for about 5 months. The plumbing still seems to work pretty good. Sometimes I have retro, sometimes not. Ed |
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