Re: avodart and rheumatoid arthritis

"Pete" <pete@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Frank Annunziato wrote:
I have been on Avodart since October 2005. A month or so ago, I was
diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. My rheumatologist said that he
had experience with other men on prostate medicine who developed
rheumatoid arthritis. I did a little research and found that at the
University Hospital Regensburg in Germany scientists are looking at
the role of reduced levels of androgens and the development or
rheumatoid arthritis. see www.hon.ch.News/HSN/526027.html
The research article is published in the June 2005 issue of the
Journal of Arthritis and Rheumatology, which I haven't been able to
get my hands on. Any of you have any knowledge of the role of
Avodart, or other prostate medicines and arthritis?
Thanks,

Frank...I just checked the package insert for avodart and did not see any
adverse reactions pertaining to arthritis (please check it yourself, in
case I missed something)...Pete

you're right, there are no warnings about arthritis in the Advodart
literature. My point is that I believe this is fairly new research, June
2005 is the publication date. Since I am not a scientist, I was wondering if
anyone was more familar with this research. I have decided to stop the
Advodart because the possibility that I may have developed rheumatoid
arthritis as a consequence of Advodart is not a good enough trade off for
me. I have sent the research literature to my uro, with a cover letter
explaining the research. I told him I stopped the Advodart and asked for his
opinion. Let's see.





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