Guest guest Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 I recommend Terry's article on PSA for basic information and will add a bit to what he said concerning the specific question of whether PSA can go down. The answer is, Yes. PSA can go down. If the PSA is elevated due to a temporary stress on the prostate, the PSA can come down if the stress is reduced. Stress can be due to ejaculation, physical pressure, infections of various types, calcium or other solid deposits, injuries, and probably other factors. Some drugs will reduce PSA. These include the finasteride / dutasteride drugs (e.g., Proscar, Avodart), and drugs that interfere with testosterone production or uptake (Lupron, Casodex, etc.) PSA can also be reduced if more cancer cells die than are reproduced. This could, for example, be due to chemotherapy and may play a significant role in the androgen deprivation drugs mentioned above. Some other factors that are thought to possibly increase cancer cell deaths and hence reduce PSA might be the kinds of diets that Laurel mentioned, or to various supplements such as pomegranate extract, vitamin D, vitamin C, and who knows what. The evidence for all of these is not as conclusive as we would like. Finally, as Terry points out, PSA varies a lot from time to time for unknown reasons. Obviously, something causes this variation. But no one yet knows what. Alan Alan Meyer ameyer2@... ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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