Men are more likely than women to discontinue a medication due to side effects. More and more men are diagnosed with age-related issues like enlarged prostate and men are being prescribed medications that have side effects. These side effects often cause men to say "NO." In the U.S. and Canada, Prostate prescriptions dominate the treatment of enlarged prostate. However, in the rest of the world, without expensive insurance to cover these expensive medications, both doctors and patients rely on natural products. The effectiveness of these ingredients, such as Beta-Sitosterol, are published in the same medical journals that report on the efficacy of prescription medications.
Best Prostate Formula is a dietary supplement that contains Beta-Sitosterol, the active plant sterol ingredient found initially in saw palmetto berries. The problem is that the Beta-Sitosterol content in saw palmetto is limited. Saw palmetto has been used by more than 2 million men for the symptoms of an enlarged prostate. However, in 2006 a clinical study, referenced by the National Institutes of Health, followed 225 men who had moderate-to-severe symptoms of an enlarged prostate, also known as benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH. The results showed that taking saw palmetto showed no significant improvement in their symptoms. Unlike saw palmetto, studies with Beta-Sitosterol have been published in the medical literature following men in randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trials, where the clinical endpoints have shown statistically significant improvement in urinary symptoms and flow measures. Beta-Sitosterol has been recommended by physicians in Europe for over 20 years as a supplement to promote prostate health.