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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate BPH / October 2003PSA after PVP
I think it would be interesting to this group to know what happens to PSA readings after PVP? I'm wondering if it should go down because of a reduction in prostate volume and blockage, or rise, in my case, because I've stopped taking Proscar? Can anyone share their experience? Barry, It should go down because: a) there is less glandular prostate tissue to generate PSA b) there is usually less inflamation in the remaining tissue to generate PSA. In my case, my PSA right before PVP was 3.0 and one year after PVP it was 1.6 Patrick > I think it would be interesting to this group to know what happens to > PSA readings after PVP? I'm wondering if it should go down because of > a reduction in prostate volume and blockage, or rise, in my case, > because I've stopped taking Proscar? Can anyone share their > experience? Mine went down from 4.0 to 2.33. Fred Henzi > I think it would be interesting to this group to know what happens to > PSA readings after PVP? I'm wondering if it should go down because of > a reduction in prostate volume and blockage, or rise, in my case, > because I've stopped taking Proscar? Can anyone share their > experience? >> I think it would be interesting to this group to know what happens to >> PSA readings after PVP? I'm wondering if it should go down because of >> a reduction in prostate volume and blockage, or rise, in my case, >> because I've stopped taking Proscar? Can anyone share their >> experience? During my PVP I mentioned to the uro that my PSA had been 2.1 for the last 4 years, and he said "right now it'll be about 400!" By the way, yesterday, PVP +16 days, I went into retention due to big blood clots. I think they're gone after 4 self-cath. If I find out more about this I'll post an account. It wasn't fun. Five months after PVP, my PSA is unchanged. However, as I stated earlier, I've stopped taking Proscar. Proscar can reduce PSA by as much as 50%. I doubt that my PSA will go down, because it was 0.3 before the PVP -- |
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