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Suffering From Enlarged Prostate. Medication Not Helping. Any Other Way To Reduce Other Than Surgery?

Hi I am a 71 year old male, I suffer from an enlarged prostate for a very long time, I took proscar medication but it did not help I stopped it and now i am on cardura 4mg. My prostate is getting bigger about 74 grams.BHB Is there any other way to reduce it s size other than surgery best regards Sami Email address: YYYY@YYYY
Mon, 21 Oct 2013
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hi,
Prostate enlargement may be because of benign enlargement or because of malignancy. I assume that malignancy has been ruled out by doing per rectal examination and blood test called serum PSA.
Benign prostatic enlargement can be treated medically or surgically. If your symptoms are responding to medication then you can continue the same. If not then you might need a surgery. There is group of drugs called 5-Alpha reductase inhibitors which decreases the prostate volume by 25% if taken for 6 months. consult a urologist.
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Suffering From Enlarged Prostate. Medication Not Helping. Any Other Way To Reduce Other Than Surgery?

hi, Prostate enlargement may be because of benign enlargement or because of malignancy. I assume that malignancy has been ruled out by doing per rectal examination and blood test called serum PSA. Benign prostatic enlargement can be treated medically or surgically. If your symptoms are responding to medication then you can continue the same. If not then you might need a surgery. There is group of drugs called 5-Alpha reductase inhibitors which decreases the prostate volume by 25% if taken for 6 months. consult a urologist.