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Posted 12/29/2014 1:12 AM (GMT 0)
Question if you have Stage 2 prostate Cancer is it OK to take 450 MG daily of Saw Palmetto Berry Tablets?
Posted 12/29/2014 1:23 AM (GMT 0)
I've never seen valid evidence that saw palmetto is of any use fighting PCa.
Posted 12/29/2014 1:52 AM (GMT 0)
Some used to take it for benign enlargement with the hope it might improve urination. No one takes it for prostate cancer.
Posted 12/29/2014 12:56 PM (GMT 0)
OK? Yes. Likely to do any good? Not so much.
Posted 12/29/2014 2:08 PM (GMT 0)
Some of the patent drugs which work on the same problems people normally use Saw Palmetto(SP)for seem to be implicated in an increase in diagnosis of more aggressive cancers. Some also claim they lower PSA at least in the first year of use, possibly delaying diagnosis of PC, so adjustments should be made. Or at least some studies indicate, I am sure there are opposite views also. These drugs are not SP, but SP might work in the same way.

I took for 20+ years. I was diagnosed with aggressive PC. Did 20 years of PC contribute? Who knows, you don't see a lot of studies on supplements. This is one of several things in my long term lifestyle (lots of eggs and chicken with skin, moderate dairy) which I now wonder if they contributed to my diagnoses. Don't know if I will ever know for sure, due to conflicting info.


When it comes to supplements and or foods, the studies are not really available for the most part. Especially truly unbiased studies. So good or bad, it is hard to know the long term results. OTOH, many or some of the supplements and especially foods have been tested for decades or centuries. So they do have that going for them.

Post Edited (BillyBob@388) : 12/29/2014 8:30:17 AM (GMT-7)

Posted 12/29/2014 3:30 PM (GMT 0)
We all know of potential very bad side effects of most prescription drugs. Listening to the commercials for the newest drugs( yes, commercials!) is sort of like a SNL skit, as they show the smiling faces of the drugs happy users while the narrator lists all the ways by which the drug can harm you or kill you in the background. So, for the most part, any drug use, and very often medical/surgical procedures, are a matter of risk vs benefit. But with the supplements so many of us take, we don't really know. We don't have the kind of powerhouse studies required for FDA approval of new drugs.

But here is the kick in the crotch: how often do you hear of a drug being pulled from the market, or new warning issued, after the FDA approved drug is released to the market? Despite all of the supposedly super high standard studies being required, it is only after the drug is put into use by millions that the problems really show up.

When it comes to supplements and or foods, the studies are not really available for the most part. Especially truly unbiased studies. So good or bad, it is hard to know the long term results. OTOH, many or some of the supplements and especially foods have been tested for decades or centuries. So they do have that going for them.
Posted 12/30/2014 5:28 AM (GMT 0)
If I was head of an insurance company, I would have already pumped big dollars into finding out if there was a supplement, a fruit seed, or a plant extract that would cure, or at least help in the prevention of cancer.

Because insurance companies are forking out millions on chemo, surges, etc. And NOBODY is more greedy than insurance companies.

Well, I still don't see any ads, papers, or policies from any insurance companies saying, or requiring you to try, supplements, etc. before they will pay for the chemo or surgery...
Posted 12/31/2014 1:39 AM (GMT 0)

Motor said...
If I was head of an insurance company, I would have already pumped big dollars into finding out if there was a supplement, a fruit seed, or a plant extract that would cure, or at least help in the prevention of cancer.

Because insurance companies are forking out millions on chemo, surges, etc. And NOBODY is more greedy than insurance companies.

Well, I still don't see any ads, papers, or policies from any insurance companies saying, or requiring you to try, supplements, etc. before they will pay for the chemo or surgery...

All I can say is that after 36 years of dealing with insurance, both private and government, I never ceased to be amazed both at what insurance would not pay for and just as much what they would pay for.
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