Patients must be willing to discontinue their current medications being taken for BPH for specified time periods before they become eligible. These include: Proscar, Saw Palmetto, and any "alpha-blocker" drugs.
Patients with high blood pressure must be on an acceptable medication that controls this condition.
Medications for other conditions may disqualify a patient from eligibility.Patients who are diabetic are not eligible for this study.
All patients will, at some time during the study, receive placebo (inactive substance). The study medication is given twice a day in liquid form under the tongue. There is a 33% chance that you would receive placebo for the duration of the study. Neither you nor your doctor will know which treatment you are receiving.
