which BPH patients should get Proscar or an alpha-blocker
October 2001
How do you decide which BPH patients should get Proscar or an alpha-blocker...or both?
Proscar (finasteride) improves symptoms by shrinking enlarged prostates in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
But it often takes 3 to 6 months or longer to work.
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