Do you recommend Proscar or Avodart, the 5-alpha reductase inhibitors, for prostate cancer prevention or for an enlarged prostate?
It’s very common for doctors to prescribe these drugs. I’ve recently read a couple of Super Beta Prostate reviews and based on that I’d suggest asking your doctor if taking natural supplements additionally would be alright.
I do not. There is a constituency claiming that they prevent prostate cancer, help with symptoms from an enlarged prostate, and make PSA testing more accurate. My take on the data is that these drugs can suppress BPH (enlarged prostate) and low-grade prostate cancer but they can’t affect high-grade cancer. Accordingly, with prostate cancer, the PSA can go down for a while and the prostate gland shrinks until the high-grade cancer that is more aggressive and resistant to hormonal therapy becomes the dominant player. Patients may not be doing themselves a favor by using Avodart or Proscar to prevent prostate cancer.
