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Prazosin Reduces Prostate Cancer Recurrence a lot!

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Prazosin used to manage LUTS in men with prostate cancer reduces risk of biochemical relapse following radiotherapy ics.org/2018/abstract/527?f...

I haven't tried to get this from my doctor yet but I am taking the metformin and the statins

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Just when Tamsulosin (Flomax) has been found to lower the intensity and risk of COVAD-19 virus... (article in the Atlantic last week..)

Taking two probably isn't feasible.

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"At Johns Hopkins University, the biomedical engineer Joshua Vogelstein and his colleagues have been trying to identify patterns among people who have survived cytokine storms and people who haven’t. One correlation the team noticed was that people taking the drug tamsulosin (sold as Flomax, to treat urinary retention) seemed to fare well. Vogelstein is unsure why. Cytokine storms do trigger the release of hormones such as dopamine and adrenaline, which tamsulosin can partially block. The team is launching a clinical trial to see if the approach is of any help."

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