What Is BPH?
However, for all of us who are uninitiated, here’s some info on this condition.
Benign prostatic hyperplasia is a noncancerous (nonmalignant) enlargement of the prostate gland.
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In men, the prostate makes part of the male ejaculate, or semen.
In men with BPH, the prostate can become significantly larger and cause urinary obstruction.
It’s a benign condition which most men aged 50 or older experience to some degree.
Moreover, BPH likely confers no additional risk of developing prostate cancer.
In most men, BPH is asymptomatic and causes no recognizable symptoms.
Initial treatment for BPH is behavior changes, such as decreasing excess caffeine intake.
Although both types of BPH medications containalphain their names the mechanisms of these drugs are completely different.
Alpha blockers relax smooth muscle in the bladder neck andprostatein order to improve urine flow and relieve urinary obstruction.
Peak effects with 5-alpha reductase inhibitors take longer to be noticed and are achieved after six months of use.
The effects of these two types of medications have a greater effect when used together.
Even these surgeries can have sexual side effects.
Furthermore, in 2011, the FDA had already approved Cialis for treatment of BPH symptoms, too.
Fortunately, the science supports the practice of adding drugs chiefly aimed at erectile dysfunction to BPH medication regimens.
Moreover, adverse effects were few and tolerable.
The addition of Cialis to your treatment regimen may help with your sex life and symptoms of BPH itself.
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