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HYTRIN …. AVAILABLE NOW
There is one drug on the market now, and available, that researchers at Abbott Laboratories of Chicago say will do the job of relieving BPH symptoms.
This is Hytrin, Abbot’s brand of terazosin, approved by the FDA in 1987 as a once-a-day pill for high blood pressure.
Dr. Atul Laddau, Abbott’s head of clinical research, says their own clinical tests of two years show that Hytrin relieves pressure on the urethra almost immediately and reduces other symptoms in about two thirds of the test patients with BPH. Some urologists are using Hytrin because it is now on the market, and because of the reported quick results. You don’t wait three months for relief here.
There are some unfortunate side effects with Hytrin. These are said to be dizziness, fatigue and occasionally fainting attacks. Even considering these side effects. Hytrin, with its two-thirds success rate and its availability, should be one of the drugs that you talk to your doctor about. There are other terazosin medications on the market beside Hytrin. Cost of these pills is said to be about $15 to $20 a month.

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SYMPTOMS OF AN ENLARGED PROSTATE
Do you have any of the symptoms of an enlarged prostate? Here is a list of those problems that relate directly to BPH. Study the list critically. Have you experienced any of them?
•    A slowing of your urinary stream and its force.
•    A slowness to begin urination. You say “start now,” but it may be a few seconds before your stream begins.

•    A problem with stopping urination. You tighten the muscles to stop the flow or to prevent any more, but you get a series of continuing dribbles.
•    A sensation that your bladder is not completely empty when it should be.
•    Frequent urination. You may not notice this during the day, especially if you’re near a bathroom. But at night this is much more evident. Doctors call this nocturia, and it may get you up two, three, four times a night.
•    In extreme cases, urinary retention — when you simply can’t urinate. The discomfort and pain can be tremendous.
•    Nausea, dizziness, unusual sleepiness brought on if retention has caused kidney damage.
A SIMPLE TEST YOU CAN GIVE YOURSELF
Below is a chart with the symptoms listed above. Some of them are worded differently. At the top are the points to be given for each symptom and its severity. Along the left side are the symptoms.
TOTAL SCORE
POINTS    0    1    2    3    4
STREAM    Normal    Variable    Weals    Dribbling
Abdominal
VOIDING    No Strain    strain or re”
HESITANCY    None    Yes
INTERMITTENCY    None    Yes
BLADDER    Don’t know Variable Incomplete Single    Repeated
EMPTYING    or Complete    retention
Yee ii ,Wd .9 INCONTINENCET— =
URGE    None    Mild    Moderate    Savers
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NOCTURIA     0-1    2    3-4
DIURIA    ci>llh    q2-3h    qt-2h    ci<lh

Intermittency means that your stream starts, stops and starts again once or more before you feel empty. Incontinence means that you can’t stop urinating when you want to, or you dribble, or pass some water when you don’t want to.
Diuria, means how often your need to urinate during the day. Zero points for three hours or more and 3 points for the need to void each hour during the day.
Mark down what you think your symptoms are. If your score reaches 10 or more, you should probably see your doctor soon about the chances you have BPH.

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