[AnnieBL]

Rather than impeded urine flow, my recent experience while taking PM has been just the opposite, but there have been other factors at work. I'm becoming increasingly convinced that the symptoms I have experienced attributed to BPH are actually caused primarily by bladder stones rather than prostate enlargement. Since starting to take oxybutynin some months ago my urine flow has been as good as I can ever remember, and the passage of a very large stone is inconsistent with any constriction of my urethra by my prostate. What PM doe seem to have achieved in conjunction with low T is the reduction of my PSA count to near zero. PM is supposed to be "prostate friendly", but it is possible that, like an enlarged prostate, it can have some effect on the detrusor muscle that lines your bladder and which controls the sphincter at the entrance to your urethra. Oxybutynin damps spasm of the detrusor muscle aka overactive bladder. It is my experience that an overactive bladder tends to be reflected in an 'overactive' (but not necessarily productive) rectum if there is such a thing.

I damaged my back on a summer job when I was 19, and have suffered from back aches from time to time ever since. I have wondered whether some of the recent ones may have been caused by PM, but hve no convincing evidence. Other PM experiences both physical and mental have been noticeable and positive.

Best of luck on your journey!