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- Title
Long-Term Use of Saw Palmetto and Nettle Root Combination Shown Effective for BPH in Clinical Trial.
- Authors
Blumenthal, Mark; Milot, Brenda
- Abstract
This article reports on a study which found that long-term use of saw palmetto and nettle root combination were effective for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was conducted by researchers at the Institute of Urology in Moscow, Russia on 257 men age 50 or older with lower urinary tract symptoms due to BPH, a noncancerous swelling of the prostate and the resulting urinary difficulties that affect many men over 50. In the trial 257 subjects were randomized to receive either the herb combination or placebo. A single-blind, 2-week, run-in placebo phase was followed by a 24-week double-blind period in which the patients received 2 capsules per day of the herb combination or the placebo.
- Subjects
BENIGN prostatic hyperplasia; HERBAL medicine; CLINICAL trials; URINARY tract infections; NETTLES; URTICACEAE
- Publication
HerbalGram, 2005, Issue 68, p24
- ISSN
0899-5648
- Publication type
Article