Intriguing New Help for Men with Enlarged Prostate

Benign prostatic hyperplasia, or enlarged prostate, will affect the quality of life of more than half of all men in their lifetime. 90% of men over 85 suffer through it. This just published study suggests a novel new way of improving it.

This double-blind study included 80 men between the ages of 50 and 80 with benign prostatic hyperplasia. Men with low vitamin D were given 50,000 IU vitamin D for 8 weeks and480mg of silymarin, the active ingredient in the herb milk thistle, for 3 months.

The combined herbal-vitamin treatment significantly improved International Prostate Symptom Scores (IPSS), the amount of urine left in the bladder after urinating (PVR), prostate size, irritation and obstruction.
The vitamin D and the silymarin each individually significantly improved IPSS, PVR and obstruction. Vitamin D also improved irritation, and silymarin improved prostate volume (size).

This study suggests that vitamin D and silymarin can improve the symptoms of enlarged prostate and, intriguingly, even shrink the prostate.
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Urologia. 2024 Sep 2:3915603241274467.