Re: Proscar, can I stop it?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 XS11E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I've been on Proscar for several years now and it's done all it's going 
> to do, apparently.  It's worked in that my prostate is now smaller than 
> it was but it's not reduced in size enough to matter so, the question 
> is, what could I expect if I stop taking it?
> 
> I'll be seeing my uro soon but I wonder if anyone here has some 
> information?
> 

My Uro took me off Proscar after I had been on it for slightly over 2 
years. He said he had information that if you stay on it too long you 
start losing bone density and this can lead to osteoporosis. He warned 
me that my prostate would probably start growing again, and it did. I 
now have the choice of going back on Proscar or having TURP (they don't 
have PVP in Canaada and at this point they probably won't for a 
considerable time).

Griff