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Thanks @colleenyoung,
My PSA velocity has been worrisome to me. Here's the trend:
06/12/2003 0.9
06/06/2006 0.8
07/27/2007 0.9
02/02/2008 0.9
10/07/2013 1.1
10/13/2015 1.3
10/20/2017 2.2
01/04/2018 1.6
05/09/2018 1.9
08/13/2018 2.7 (after 3 mos on FloMax)
11/05/2018 1.7 (after 3 mos on Afluzosin)
That study is good news for me. If the (rather old) study is correct, the the drug would have no effect on the PSA in cancer patients as the levels continued to rise. It only lowered them in patients with BPH, a common benign problem.
Either way, it seems I have nothing to worry about. Either it has no effect on PSA or it does reduce it but only if you have a benign condition.
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Have taken. finateride for about 4 years. Last two annual PSA tests were both 3.3. After 7 weeks of Alfuzosin taken every other day and about 6 months since last test, I had a PSA result of 2.84. Also, noticeable symptom improvement. I feel like, for me, Alffuzosin has less side effects than Tamsulosin.