Impotence Drug Eases Prostate Problems

(WebMD)  An enlarged prostate can cause a host of troublesome problems for men, like constantly waking up to go to the bathroom.

But new research, funded by Eli Lilly, the company that owns the rights to the drug tadalafil, shows a daily dose of the drug may help ease some of the urinary symptoms related to an enlarged prostate, also known as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

The drug is sold under the name Cialis and is currently only approved for treating erectile dysfunction.

Cialis for BPH

Researchers, led by Claus G. Roehrborn, MD, with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, studied 1,058 men from 10 countries. All of the men reported urinary symptoms from BPH for at least six months, whether or not they had a history of erectile dysfunction.

Symptoms of BPH include:

Having to urinate frequently and urgently

Having to urinate at night

A straining sensation while urinating

Still feeling the urge to urinate or a full bladder even after going to the bathroom

A weak urine stream

These lower urinary tract symptoms "increase with age with an overall prevalence of greater than 50% in men 50 years or older," according to study authors in the article published with the findings.

All were first given four weeks of a placebo pill.

Then they were put into five groups. Four of those groups received different daily doses of tadalafil: 2.5 mg, 5 mg, 10 mg, or 20 mg of the drug. One group got a dummy pill.

All the participants were scored for prostate-related urinary symptoms before and after the study.

Researchers found that symptom scores were significantly improved at 4, 8, and 12 weeks for those men who took the drug.

The National Kidney and Urological Disease Information Clearinghouse reports that having an enlarged prostate is the most common prostate problem for men over the age of 50.

Of men aged 51 to 60, about half will have BPH. For men over 80, that figure shoots up to 90%, according to the American Urological Association (AUA).

The results will appear in the October edition of The Journal of Urology.

By Kelley Colihan
Reviewed by Louise Chang
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[labourboss]

I guess my doctor lied to me. He told me my enlaged prostate was from getting old! Is getting old a gift from god or Satin?

[dashortround]

GoP_FoReVeR obviously has the intellect of a turnip, just like so many other evangelical christian fundamentalist republicans do.

To be a evangelical christian fundamentalist republican in the first place you first have to "check your brain at the door" - then forget to ever pick it up again.

People like GoP_FoReVeR never do their own thinking about anything; they happily let others do all their thinking for them.

Morons like GoP_FoReVeR are best ignored.

[sashenka1]

If a lesbian or gay person is hot to trot, they are good, Godly people. "Straight" persons are just confused with tunnel vision perhaps.

This study explains why there are so many religious organizations embroiled in *** scandals unlimited in scope of activity.

[sashenka1]

Until now, I didn''t know all impotent persons are sinners! How interesting. If a female has her tubes tied or a male has his vessils of spermatozoa disconnected, does all this make them resulting sinners? How interesting. Do abortionists, then, have mixed emotions on deciding to be good or to be sinful?

[danito123]

How can anyone be so stupid as to blame God for a person''s lack of exercise, eating properly and taken care of the body. An enlarged prostate is God''s punishment for sinners? Well, I guess the things weak in this person''s body is God''s punishment too! Such as religious ignorance for one.

[G H M]

GoP_FoReVeR A replublican for ever - a real jerK
I hope he get a erectile dysfunction and
enlarged prostate and full his bladder with a brain. He really lacks one. Or is it another fem-bot GOP''er

[sepa2]

Impotence is a way God deals with sinners. This drug was invented by Satan to allow sinners to bypass the will of God.
Posted by GoP_FoReVeR
I never thought Satan is more forgiving

[catmcclure1]

RE:God, impotence, sinners, satan etc:

HA HA HA HA HA HA OH HE HE HE HA HA HA HA HO HO HO OH MY SIDES HURT HA HA HA HA HA HA OH I''M WEAK HAR HAR HAR HA HA HA HA HA HA HA OH THAT''S A GOOD ONE HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[denn034]

Here''s hoping that the coating on those pills doesn''t dye the stomach fluids of those that take it and thereby change the color of their urine to the color of the coating (snicker). My Mormon missionary companion in Indianapolis boiled one or more of his muscle relaxant pills until the coating rose to the top, scooped it out, and put it in my pop. Yep, I pissed the darkest possible Green for two days. I was beside myself with panic wanting to go to the hospital until my companion broke down and told me what he did and that it would wear off in a day or two which it did. That jerk got kicked off his mission and disfellowshipped from the church for an unrelated issue so, justice was gotten.

[gop_forever]

Impotence is a way God deals with sinners. This drug was invented by Satan to allow sinners to bypass the will of God.