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BPH Hot Line Standard QA B. Drug Therapy – PROSCAR( 1. How does PROSCAR( work？ PROSCAR inhibits production of the hormone dihydrotestosterone (DHT), which is a key factor to cause prostate enlargement. Lower the concentration of dihydrotestosterone can shrink the enlarged prostate and improved urinary flow and relief other urinary symptoms. Prostate hyperplasia is a chronic and progressive disease and sustain long term therapy is very important. PROSCAR influence directly at the cause of the disease, work by reducing the size of prostate and therefore to relief the urinary symptoms. It is necessary for patients to sustain medication for more than three or six month to achieve maximal effects of PROSCAR. And PROSCAR is also indicated to reduce the risk of surgical need by 55% and the risk of occurrence of acute urinary relation by 57% by long-term daily use. 2. Does PROSCAR( effect the result of PSA test？ When see your doctor, he/she may recommend a PAS(prostate-specific antigen) test for you. Proscar( may change the PSA value. If you are taking Proscar(, please tell doctor your medication status and the doctor will adjust your PSA value and then comparing it to the normal range. Proscar( dose not affect the usefulness of PSA as a tool for prostate cancer detection. 3. What dosage of PROSCAR(？ Please follow doctor’s advice. Take the medication once daily before or after meal. To avoid missing dose, please take PROSCAR at the same time every day. 4. How about missing or overdose？ It’s necessary to use daily, in case of missing does, just take next normal does next day. PROSCAR is well tolerated. No side effects occurred even for the large single does of up to 400mg (80 tablets) or multiple does of up to 80mg (40 tablets)/day for three months. But overdose dose not equal to better ef