Re: Avodart vs. Proscar

Thanks Richard for your useful response.
Best of luck to you.

> From: "Richard F. Somer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Newsgroups: sci.med.prostate.bph
> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 23:11:13 GMT
> Subject: Re: Avodart vs. Proscar
> 
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> Does anyone know about comparing these two drugs in terms of prostate
>> shrinkage and side effects.   Also, can one take prostate herbal supplements
>> (including saw palmetto), with either of these drugs, without drug
>> interaction problems. Thanks for any info - particularly from those with
>> personal experience.
> 
> According to the responses you have had so far, Avodart--like other
> medications--seems not to affect all people the same.
> 
> I have been on it for two weeks short of one year. As of five months
> ago, when I had my last check on its size, my prostate had shrunk by
> one quarter. I had a PSA in late October, and it was 3.6; I have never
> had a reading lower than 5.4 in the last ten years or more.
> 
> Avodart was prescribed to reduce the size of my exhibit-quality
> (quantity?) prostate (250cc) so that the PVP could be done in one
> session. I am now scheduled for the procedure on Dec. 2--by Dr. Te,
> Weill-Cornell Medical Center, NYC.
> 
> Proscar did nothing for me. Ditto saw palmetto. Ditto Hytrin.
> 
> Side effects: reduced libido for first six months, more or less.
> 
> Note: I am also taking Flomax, which relaxes the muscles involved in
> orgasm--thus reducing sensation to a mere shadow of past experiences.
> 
> RFS