Are there any peptides that have been known to shrink the prostate? At 55, I’ve noticed my stream is weaker, and when I gotta go, I’d better find a bathroom really quick.
Prostamax is the peptide people usually bring up, but I haven’t found a human trial showing it shrinks the prostate. Beta-sitosterol has better human data for symptoms and urine flow, though the trial didn’t find a meaningful reduction in prostate size. Lycopene is more mixed: one small BPH trial looked promising, but a later review couldn’t establish that it prevents or treats BPH.
Vitaprost is another name I found, but I wouldn’t lump it together with Prostamax. Some studies used rectal suppositories, sometimes in men who also had prostatitis. That’s a pretty specific product and setting—not proof that a Prostamax vial will do the same thing.
I’m dealing with the frequent-bathroom part too. Medication hasn’t helped me much so far, which is why I started looking into Prostamax. I’d like to hear from anyone who can tell whether it changed their urgency, not just their PSA or prostate size.
Nocturia has been my problem for years. I’ve been taking KPV before bed and it seems to help me, but I can’t say it’s doing anything to the prostate itself.
That’s a distinction I hadn’t thought about. Better flow or fewer urgent trips would help me even if the prostate didn’t actually shrink.
DIM and tadalafil are two other things worth discussing with a clinician. I’d want to know what’s causing the symptoms before assuming a peptide is the answer.
I was prescribed Flomax and an antibiotic. Things improved fairly quickly, but the symptoms started creeping back about a week and a half after I finished. That’s why I’d want the cause checked rather than just judging a treatment by the first good week.
Side effects matter too. Tadalafil barely changed things for me, and some prescribed meds made my nose so stuffy I couldn’t use my CPAP.
I’m partway through Prostamax and added Vesilute about ten days in. My flow and ability to hold it seem better; nighttime bathroom trips went from roughly four or five to two or three. I stopped Flomax beforehand, but I’m also using TA-1, so I can’t pin the change on Prostamax alone.
Four or five trips a night is brutal. Please update this after you finish the cycle—especially whether the improvement sticks.
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