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Originally Posted by rockfan4
Thanks, I didn't know this. I haven't officially been diagnosed with an enlarged prostate, but as I get older I sure pee a lot more often.
The doc I mentioned above wants me to start a 10 day program of 500mg of Naproxen twice a day, along with up to 1000mg of acetaminophen 3 times a day. I was supposed to have a colonoscopy about 2 weeks after this visit, and when I asked the GI nurse she recommended holding off on that until after the colonoscopy. Then the wife gave me covid, the colonoscopy got rescheduled, and I still haven't opened the naproxen bottle. Now I might not take it at all, or hold off until my back acts up again.
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Use of the drugs that irritate your prostate isn’t a binary choice. There is likely some amount of each drug that you can take without pissing off your prostate. You can start at a low level and titrate up to find your tolerance level. It would be good to know that before your back acts up.
But make sure you have an enlarged prostate before you even worry about it. You’ll need a PSA test plus the manual exam where the nice lady asks you to lean over a warm, padded table, and pats your ballsack commenting on what a stud you must be, before she slips a long, slim finger into your rectum and gently massages your prostate to assess its condition.
Frequent urinating by itself isn’t necessarily a sign of BPH. People naturally have to pee more often as they get older. Frequent urination is an early sign you have entered the checkout lane.