Enlarged Prostate Treatment

BPH may be best treated with combination of drugs.
The Los Angeles Times (3/3, Maugh) "Booster Shots" blog reported, "A combination of drugs is better than either one alone for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH." After randomizing some 4,800 patients to either tamsulosin alone, dutasteride alone, or "a combination of the two drugs," researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center "found that patients taking the combination were 67% less likely to have acute urinary retention and 70% less likely to require surgery than those taking tamsulosin alone." According to a study in European Urology, "patients taking the combination also reported fewer side effects and were less likely to drop out of the study."