Your doctor can tell you what the max dose it.  You'll have to decide how
well you can tolerate the BPH symptoms.  If you can go 3 hours during the
day and only get up once per night, you're not in too bad a shape yet, IMO.

Lee

I take 15 mg per day, partly for high blood pressure.
The next step will be another dilation or surgery.
As you raise the dosage, it will require some getting used to.
This is the generic version of Hytrin, BTW.

DAM

A number of people who've had the PVP surgery would be happy with the
symptoms that you presently have. Probably not yet worth risking side
effects from surgery.
ron

Glen,
Medicines such as Terazosin provide temporary relief from BPH symptoms by
relaxing the muscles around the prostate.  This may improve things by making
your BPH symptoms more tolerable.  However their effectiveness lessens with
time.

Note that these medicines do nothing to slow down, stop or reverse the
growth of the enlarging prostate.

So the prostate continues to grow with time while you continue to take ever
increasing dosages to relieve the pressure.

At the same time your bladder begins to stain because of the long term
effects of a blockage at the bladder outlet.

At some point the obstruction is so bad that it needs to be physically
removed in hopefully the easiest and gentlest way possible.

I believe that it is the consensus of the many BPH sufferers on this
newsgroup that PVP is a new but proven way to effectively get rid of the
blockage before bladder damage occurs with the least amount of recovery time
and side effects.

Go back in the record for the past several years, read the debates of the
pros and cons of medicines, different surguries, different treatment options
like microwave, herbs an other treatments.  Read about the results and
experiences of others and see how these fit with your own symptoms and your
own goals as to how you want to handle your bph.

Good luck and hopefully you find complete relief from BPH.

Regards,

Patrick

Given the side effects of most drugs i would chose PVP for the symptoms of
BPH anytime

I was on Hytrin for several years.  It helped the BPH symptoms but it made
me sleepy, calm, and dumb.  My wife liked me better that that way.  I had a
PVP about 7 months ago.  I no longer take Hytrin.  I feel more alive now,
not the dream like state that Hytrin kept me in.

Dave