WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8, 2006 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of older American men
use the herbal supplement saw palmetto to treat an enlarged prostate, but
a new study concludes the product doesn't work.
A few smaller studies had suggested the extract might be of limited

Is is common practice for a uro to prescribe antibiotics for a normal,
otherwise healthy  (other then BPH) male prior to cystoscopy?

Subscribers going back some time will remember important postings by
Patrick, who may have been the first person on this list to tell us
about PVP. He gave much time and energy to clarifying and shedding
light on individual cases. I would like to correspond with him briefly

Does anyone have experience with taking a flomax pill every other day?
Robert

I am on my way to pvp. Urodynamics was quite painful when the tubing
hit the
constriction. Therefore, it seems reasonable to assume that cystoscopy
--

Does anybody have a good recommendation for a Doctor in Orange County
California that does the green light PVP.  Id like to get someone wit
a lot of experience. Thanks Cam

Don't know if any of you would like to hear my story about my visit to a new
general surgeon today, since it's not directly related to BPH.  But don't
forget rectal/perineal pain is part of the dreaded CPPS and prostatitis, and
I say there can be a relationship between ...

I'm a Prostate Cancer patient who had (and still has) prior BPH,
(72 cc), EB Radiation and then HDR Brachytherapy in mid July 2005,
where they basted my prostate to a huge blistering mass.
I left  hospital wearing a Foley Catheter for 4 wks and then did some

Yesterday, I visited Dr. Lin because I was still having flow problems from my
second PVP. He injected me with some sort of deadening which I assume was
lidocaine and then started a series of inserting some sort of metal rod down
my penis.  He would pull out the first rod and insert ...

Just found this ng.  Old guy 81, have taken hytrin for about 10 yrs
and proscar for 3.  Also saw palmetto.  My family MD thinks Flomax is
better then Hytrin.  Have any of you people had this experience and
if so, what is your opinion.  I think the Hytrin is gradually wearing

There has been discussion here about dilatation (not "dilation"), but
no suggestion that this might be tried for bph as a step short of
surgery. I understand that dilatation may have to be repeated. Is
dilatation, balloon or otherwise, worth trying before moving to pvp?

My uro tells me that my prostate is too big for the green light laser.   He
says that the laser only removes a millimeter of tissue at a time and that
would take too long to do my prostate.   He says I should have a TURP using
the Gyrus device which removes more tissue.

How frequent is urethral stricture after pvp? And can cystoscopy cause
stricture?
Jesse

Does Flomax decrease muscle tension of the prostate and bladder neck
back to a normal level, or decrease it below normal, to improve the
restricted flow caused by the enlarged prostate?
Or, put another way, does the enlarged prostate cause an abnormal

A couple of days ago I posted  (in the continuing large prostate thread)
that I was going for a consult at Clark Urology Center @ UCLA, with Dr.
Robert Reiter, who has been mentioned in this group.  My prostate is 170gms
or so. I had a TUMT about 4 years ago.  TURP has not been ...