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@article{citeulike:2097867, abstract = {So what does all this mean to men with symptoms of prostatic hyperplasia? Alpha-blockers and finasteride are both effective in reducing symptom scores and improving maximum urinary flow rate. In addition, finasteride but not alpha-blockers reduce the chance of acute retention or surgical intervention for BPH. Both come at a price of some (different) adverse events. Combination therapy is even better, but at a higher cost in adverse events, and acquisition costs. Whether the additional benefit of combination therapy over finasteride is worth the extra cost, offset by lower operation rates, is probably moot.}, author = {Anon}, citeulike-article-id = {2097867}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/band119/b119-2.html}, journal = {Bandolier}, keywords = {bph, management}, month = {January}, pages = {2+}, posted-at = {2007-12-12 11:48:14}, priority = {0}, title = {Long-term BPH treatment}, url = {http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/band119/b119-2.html}, volume = {119}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2097867 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2097867 N2 - So what does all this mean to men with symptoms of prostatic hyperplasia? Alpha-blockers and finasteride are both effective in reducing symptom scores and improving maximum urinary flow rate. In addition, finasteride but not alpha-blockers reduce the chance of acute retention or surgical intervention for BPH. Both come at a price of some (different) adverse events. Combination therapy is even better, but at a higher cost in adverse events, and acquisition costs. Whether the additional benefit of combination therapy over finasteride is worth the extra cost, offset by lower operation rates, is probably moot. JF - Bandolier TI - Long-term BPH treatment VL - 119 SP - 2 KW - bph KW - management AU - Anon PY - 2004/01// UR - http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/band119/b119-2.html ER -