Saw Palmetto and Reduced Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Symptoms

• Pharmacological Approaches in Managing Symptomatic Relief of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Comprehensive Review.

  • 2023-12-30
  • Review
  • Cureus 15(12)
  • • Collyn O'Quin
    • Kathryn L White
    • John R Campbell
    • Sarah H Myers
    • Shilpadevi Patil
    • Debbie Chandler
    • Shahab Ahmadzadeh
    • Giustino Varrassi
    • Sahar Shekoohi
    • Alan D Kaye

  • PubMed: 38288222
  • DOI: 10.7759/cureus.51314

  1 Insight on

  • Reduced Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Symptoms

  • Low evidence

  Previous research suggests that saw palmetto can reduce BPH symptoms through several proposed mechanisms, but recent trials have found inconsistencies in its efficacy.

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No