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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate BPH / April 2008Cranberries?
I read somewhere (here?) that cranberries were helpful in treating BPH frequent nighttime urination. I found some capsules in Wal-mart for $4 for 120. Taking one a day (directions say one or two, three times a day but I'm cheap) for about two months my trips to the bathroom have been reduced from three or four a night to zero or one (if I don't drink beer the evening before). I'm amazed! I hope it's not a coincidence. No noted side effects - so far. Might be worth a try for you. Took over a month before I really noted any effect. Very gradual. More caps per day as per directions might have worked faster. The label has no brand name (fine print says manufactured by Rexall). Bottle is pink/mauve in color and says Super Concentrated Cranberry Fruit 1680 mg. Obviously I have no connection to Rexall or Wal-mart. Ken  Signature"When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner > I read somewhere (here?) that cranberries were helpful in treating BPH > frequent nighttime urination. Ken...are you sure it wasn't prostatitis or bladder infections you read about. Don't know about cranberries being good for BPH, but if it helps you and you have BPH then go for it. How large is your prostate. Could be a placebo effect, but it is interesting. Is it possible your frequencies were due to bladder irritation and not BPH (although bladder infections can be the result of urine backing up in the bladder as a result of a BPH blockage). I did a quick google and did not find a direct relationship to cranberries and BPH. Can you find out what the source was for your info. Thanks...Pete I found some capsules in Wal-mart for $4 > for 120. Taking one a day (directions say one or two, three times a > day but I'm cheap) for about two months my trips to the bathroom have [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Ken > Ken...are you sure it wasn't prostatitis or bladder infections you > read about. I also have prostatitis but I thought the urination problem was caused by the BPH. I could be wrong. > Don't know about cranberries being good for BPH, but if > it helps you and you have BPH then go for it. How large is your > prostate. I have no idea. > Could be a placebo effect, but it is interesting. Could be. But took a long time, long after I had thought about using the caps, but had just included them in with the vitamins and other stuff I take every day. I also take saw palmetto - the combination? Whatever. It seems to help and that's good enough for me. > Is it > possible your frequencies were due to bladder irritation and not BPH > (although bladder infections can be the result of urine backing up in > the bladder as a result of a BPH blockage). I did a quick google and > did not find a direct relationship to cranberries and BPH. Can you > find out what the source was for your info. I suspect you are correct and my memory was faulty. > Thanks...Pete Ken Signature"When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner >> Ken...are you sure it wasn't prostatitis or bladder infections you >> read about. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > >> Thanks...Pete I bought some cranberries in the pink jar at walmart paid about $3.50 will try it out..thanks > Ken > I bought some cranberries in the pink jar at walmart paid about $3.50 > will try it out..thanks Good luck! Hope it works for you too. Ken Signature"When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner Cranberry juice or gelcaps can work on any urinary tract infection in 3 to 4 days. MOST BPH patients must try it with juice plus the gelcaps and better even buy a cranberry concentrate. IF you have symptoms due to any infection, more possible, you will notice a big change positively. I have got some of the above for a suffering friend and it has helped him slightly although he is not really keen on alternative therapies and only taking little juice. Pl write yr experience. > I read somewhere (here?) that cranberries were helpful in treating BPH > frequent nighttime urination. I found some capsules in Wal-mart for $4 [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > "When you choose the lesser of two evils, always > remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner |
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