Has anyone seen their PSA go down after taking boron?

[George71]

I read that 10 mg daily reduced PSA

[Tall_Allen]

Be careful about using medicines that reduce PSA - it is an important biomarker - you don't want to screw with it.

[George71]

I see where gusgold posted a few months back:

"Researcher At Mayo Clinic Told Me To Take Boron"

and many others here are taking boron -- have any seen a slowing down or drop in PSA?

and how much are you taking?

[pjoshea13]

George,

I use boron.

Here is what I posted in 2016:

healthunlocked.com/advanced...

I would not expect to see a dramatic effect on PSA. PSA is produced as a result of androgen receptor [AR] activity. In general, one would not expect a supplement to artificially reduce PSA without inhibiting AR activity.

-Patrick

[Ralph1966]

Hi Patrick,

Are you using 3mg or 6 mg of Boron daily?

It seems that Boron is helpful at least to delay the progression of prostate cancer:

Read this:

"After only 1 week of boron supplementation of 6 mg/d, a further study by Naghii et al20 of healthy males (n = 8) found (1) a significant increase in free testosterone, which rose from an average of 11.83 pg/mL to 15.18 pg/mL; and (2) significant decreases in E2, which dropped from 42.33 pg/mL to 25.81 pg/mL. All of the inflammatory biomarkers that were measured also decreased: (1) interleukin (IL) 6, from 1.55 pg/mL to 0.87 pg/mL; (2) high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) by approximately 50%, a remarkable decrease, from 1460 ng/mL to 795 ng/mL; and (3) tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) by approximately 30%, from 12.32 to 9.97 pg/mL. Levels of dihydrotestosterone, cortisol, and vitamin D increased slightly.

The significant decrease in the men’s plasma E2 after 1 week of boron supplementation suggests a higher rate of conversion of total testosterone (T) to free testosterone (FT) in the testosterone metabolic pathway. In support, the ratios of FT/T, T/E2, and FT/E2 were all significantly increased, indicating boron had androgen amplifier effects: (1) FT/T (pg/mL/ng/mL) increased from 3.62 to 4.66; (2) T/E2 (ng/mL) rose from 91.68 to 148; and (3) FT/E2 (ng/mL) from 0.31 to 0.67".

Source: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

I am thinking to take 6 mg of boron daily for 7-10 days prior to my next PSA test and see the results. I didn't find any negative effect or bad effect as for the progression or worsening of prostate cancer for people who take Boron daily.