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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate BPH / January 2004Thanks to sci.med.prostate.bph
About 6 weeks ago I learned from this newsgroup about the danger of lower backpain from using Sinex Decongestant (for those of us with BPH). For years I had been using the nose spray containing Phenylephrine Hydrochloride (0.5%) and for years I had been having on-and-off-again lower back pain, never dreaming of the relationship. I got rid of the Sinex and the effects were immediate!.....no back pain. Patiently I've waited till now to see if it were really true. As far as I can see, the lower backpain problem has been "solved". What I now use as a decongestant is an inexpensive Saline Nasal Spray. Perhaps it is not as effective as Sinex...a price I will gladly pay. I hope that the years of Sinex use was merely responsible for backpain and did not cause any prostate damage. Perhaps someone could confirm this for me?!. In any event I want to thank sci.med.prostate.bph for information worth its weight in gold (as they used to say). Arthur For email replies: <Remove xy99spam ...would appreciate any comment on my statement: > I hope that the years of Sinex use was merely responsible for backpain > and did not cause any prostate damage. Perhaps someone could confirm > this for me?!. Cannot comment on Phenylephrine, Arthur, but there is a direct connection between the health of the nose mucus and the health of the prostate. They both rely on active reabsorption ducts which can be in a state of adverse habituation, responding to an apparent (not real) sodium deficiency in the body. If they are, it is likely that you have hypertension also. See more at http://www.innatehealth.com/prostate.htm http://www.innatehealth.com/rhinitis.htm http://www.innatehealth.com/hypertension.htm Best wishes Warren > ...would appreciate any comment on my statement: > > > I hope that the years of Sinex use was merely responsible for backpain > > and did not cause any prostate damage. Perhaps someone could confirm > > this for me?!. > ...there is a direct > connection between the health of the nose mucus and the health of the [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Warren Hmm - maybe. I'm always a bit suspicious of anything that will supposedly cure so many diseases. Interesting, though; I do have mild hypertension and I've had rhinitis about as long as I can remember (trigger never established). So I'll keep an open mind on this one. As a matter of interest, how many people monitoring this group have hypertension and/or rhinitis? Let's see if we can detect any kind of pattern. Richard Slessor Richard, thanks for your reply and Warren Ward's reply. But I have to smile because I never said I had rhinitis, and I do not have hypertension (but I do have BPH). I occasionally (sometime frequently) have a stuffy nose and that is why I used Vicks Sinex nose spray over the years. (If I do have rhinitis, it must be a very mild case.) My back pain disappeared when I stopped using Sinex. All I want to know is whether the use of Phenylephrine might have caused permanent damage to the prostate. Arthur  SignatureFor email replies: <Remove xy99spam> > > ...there is a direct > > connection between the health of the nose mucus and the health of the [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Richard Slessor Richard, Well one treatment may cure a single defect having a variety of adverse consequences. The reabsorptive exocrine ducts that carry mucus to the epithelial surfaces of the airways, are the same type of ducts that carry secretions from the prostate to the urethra. We know this from cystic fibrosis research. If ducts can be prevented from over conserving sodium (in cystic fibrosis it is the opposite fault - not conserving sodium) then the underlying inflammation that causes both rhinitis and prostate enlargement may be prevented. Glad you are keeping an open mind for connections between apparently quite different diseases. Best wishes, Warren > > ...there is a direct > > connection between the health of the nose mucus and the health of the [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Richard Slessor Greetings, > I do have mild > hypertension and I've had rhinitis about as long as I can remember [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > hypertension and/or rhinitis? Let's see if we can detect any kind of > pattern. I have perennial rhinitis and have done so for years, I also had many problems with sinus blockage and infections, I had a turboplasty and trimming of the turbinates in the 80's this helped the stuffiness enormously, but I still have a stuffy nose most times especially when I am out in traffic of in the area of any polluting fumes etc, like candles, fires, I suffer with multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) as well as others. SignatureRegards, Peter peteratNOSPAMhull-me.co.uk > Greetings, > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > out in traffic of in the area of any polluting fumes etc, like candles, > fires, I suffer with multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) as well as others. Rhinitis is one of the side effects of Flomax. Derek. Greetings, > Rhinitis is one of the side effects of Flomax. I have had perennial rhinitis for many years due to allergy/MCS, I have never taken Flomax and only been taking BPH drugs (Hytrin) and more recently Avodart, for about 5 years. SignatureRegards, Peter peteratNOSPAMhull-me.co.uk > Greetings, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > never taken Flomax and only been taking BPH drugs (Hytrin) and more recently > Avodart, for about 5 years. It applies to some Hytrin users as well. http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/teraz_ad.htm Derek. Richard, I have had both rhinitis and hypertension AND BPH for over 20 years. I had PVP done over a year ago, and am free of all symptoms except some loss of bladder capacity, but VERY VERY happy with results. Also have essentially solved the rhinitis through use of MSM spray. Very taken aback by the statement by Warren. Never heard of the link until now. Jack G. > > ...there is a direct > > connection between the health of the nose mucus and the health of the [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Richard Slessor Richard, I also have had rhinitis since I was a kid. Hypertension since the 1960's. BPH symptoms started 19 years ago. Had my PVP about 3 weeks ago and peeing well. Haven't tried anything for the rhinitis yet, although I am breathing better since getting off Cardura. SignatureUncle >As a matter of interest, how many people monitoring this group have >hypertension and/or rhinitis? Let's see if we can detect any kind of >pattern. > >Richard Slessor |
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