Re: Saw Palmetto as preventation?



At 84 with no BPH symptoms, I'd be spending that money on a good single malt
Scotch! Seriously, saw palmetto doesn't work for everyone so if you have no
symptoms, there's no way to know if it's working as a prophylactic or not.

"Mason A. Clark" <masoncERASETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I asked this in 2000 and got brushed off, sort of.
>
> I take a small aspirin daily because statistical data on heart
> attacks indicates this is wise. I have no heart symptoms.
> Similarly, I take some vitamins but have no vitamin deficiency.
>
> At 84 I have no BPH symptoms but I take one capsule
> of saw palmetto a day as a precaution. (Two is the
> standard "treatment".)
>
> Is it reasonable to take saw palmetto as a prophylactic
> to ward off BPH?
>
> Mason C


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  • Saw Palmetto as preventation?
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    (sci.med.prostate.bph)