BPH (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia)

1. BPH (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia)
   1. Personal data
   2. History
   3. Medications

BPH (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia)

Personal data

• Asian
• 59 years old as of Dec. 19, 2008
• Male
• 5'8" tall
• 140 lbs weight
  

History

1. Diagnose with BPH in Sept 2008.
2. Started taking medications Nov. 1, 2008
3. Stop Flomax after 3.5 months
4. Reduced Avodart dosage from daily to 3x/week after 4.5 months.
5. Started using Saw Palmetto and Avodart
6. Reduced Avodart dosage from daily to 2x/week after 3.5 months.

Medications

Name	Start Date	Stop date	Comments
Avodart	2008-11-01	2009-03-16	Daily intake. Will take at least 3-6 months to work. Used for 4.5 months daily.
Avodart	2009-03-16	2009-06-29	Continue using Avodart but at reduced dosage to 3x a week (m,w,f) instead of daily. Used for 3.5 months at 3x/week. Symptoms did not get worse even after reducing Avodart dosage (as of 2009-06-16) Symptoms did not get worse even after reducing Avodart dosage (as of 2009-06-29)
Avodart	2009-06-29	on-going	Continue using Avodart but at reduced dosage to 2x a week (m,th) instead of 3x/week. Symptoms did not get worse even after reducing Avodart dosage (as of 2009-????)
Flomax	2008-11-01	2009-02-09	Daily intake. Used for 3.5 months. Works right away. BPH symptoms improved within 3 days. Used to get up at least 2 times a night to pee. Getting up to pee reduced to 1 a night. Symptoms did not get worse even after stopping Flomax.
Saw palmetto	2009-04-01	on-going	Taking both Avodart (2x/week) and Saw palmetto (daily) Did not notice any symptoms worsening or adverse side-effects (as of 2009-06-16) Did not notice any symptoms worsening or adverse side-effects (as of 2009-06-29)