Flomax vs. Saw Palmetto

Sammas

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Posted 9/28/2014 9:31 PM (GMT 0)

hello, everyone! i bid you a great day. there's a question i have that i'd like your input on. my primary care doctor prescribed me with flomax to treat my BPH and frequency to go to the men's room. i saw on the 'net a lot of side effects concerning flomax.

so, i heard about the herbal treatment saw palmetto as an alternative to flomax. my question to you is which do you think would be a better form of treatment: flomax or saw palmetto? why?

Steve n Dallas

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Posted 9/29/2014 8:14 AM (GMT 0)

I would go with flomax since that is what your doc recommended. It'll probably work better. And maybe you won't have side affects..

Break60

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Posted 9/29/2014 11:06 AM (GMT 0)

I used flomax for BPH for many years; also avodart/ proscar( finasteride). The SEs do suck but it works. If you have prostatitis and not BPH, it won't last long anyway.
Bob

JNF

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Posted 9/29/2014 12:52 PM (GMT 0)

I have been on Jalyn (Avodart and Flomax) for four years and have had no adverse side effects. It has actually helped reduce blood pressure.

PSA3DOT7

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Posted 9/30/2014 2:13 AM (GMT 0)

Sammas,

Go with what the doctor prescribed. Saw Plametto is over rated, I discarded mine the other day.

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Fauntleroy

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Posted 9/30/2014 3:05 AM (GMT 0)

My personal experience with saw palmetto was it didn't help me at all. I thought it might reduce my PSA and relieve my urinary symptoms but I didn't realize what I was dealing with at the time. enlarged prostate, impinging into the urethra and of course PC. Nothing short of the full monty would have helped me

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