I subscribed to this ng several years ago.  During the time I was a
subscriber, I had enlarged prostate, was treated with proscar for a couple
years and ended up having a TUMT in 2000.  So far everything is working
fine, I pee like a champ, I occasionally get up once during the night and
when I do it flows like a waterfall.  The problem I have is my PSA is fairly
erratic.  I was seeing the uro 3 times a year, PSA coming in at the 6 and 7
range.  Once it was up to 9.  I've been biopsied 3 times, each time
negative.  I was doing saw palmetto rather irregularly.  I would use up a
bottle or 2 and quit using for 6 months or so.  A couple years ago I started
religiously taking it, twice a day, 160mg each gel tab, one in the morning
and one at night.  My PSA went to 3 and stayed there as long as I was taking
SP.  I was only seeing the uro twice a year, PSA was staying in the 3's.
Several months ago, I ran out of it (SP) and being the lazy, put-it-off
person that I am, I didn't get a new bottle until about a month ago.  Wed
the 15th I saw the uro, had blood drawn, etc.  I got the results today and
PSA was back up to 6!  The uro said to come back in a month for another
blood draw for comparison.  I've been seeing the same uro all this time,
he's been voted one of the top uro's in Denver several times and he tells me
that clinical tests show that saw palmetto has nothing to do with prostate
health.  When I talked with him today about the results, I explained again
about my history with sp, how PSA goes up when I don't take and comes down
when I do take it and again he says that there is no benefit from sp.
So now I'm looking back over the last 3 years and thinking about what else I
was doing that might have lowered my PSA.    For the past 3 years I've been
smoking pot almost every day.  Please, no flames and no lectures about your
thoughts on marijuana.  I don't drink liquor, instead of having a cocktail
in the evening, I would spend a little time with my water pipe.  I quit
smoking it about 3 weeks ago.  My stash ran out and my connection seems to
have lost interest in it.  Has anybody else had experience with pot and PSA?
I'm sure the US Government hasn't done any studies on the topic, but maybe a
government who doesn't waste tons of money on the "War on Drugs" has done
studies.  Is anybody aware of such a study?
I apologize if this message is too long.  If you disagree with my use of
marijuana, please keep it to yourself.  Remember one thing, people die of
alcohol poisoning.  Nobody has ever died of cannabis poisoning.