Vitamin D and BPH

Thanks Tom - I read something similar, here is some basic info from the NIH site: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23930605  

According to my internist, Vitamin D deficiency in men over 50 is very common. He said over 80% of his patients show a deficiency in their bloodwork. I too started taking a routine multi-vitamin which brought me back into the norms, but noticed no difference. So I am taking additional Vitamin D now to see if that helps.

Interesting.  Can you please send us the citation to the study so we can review?  Thanks a lot.

Just a side note... in addition to BPH, I'm a Mutpile Sclerosis patient. Typically MS patients have a vitamin D deficiency. In fact I just learned of this in relation to MS. I was recently tested for vitamin D deficiency... which I'm suffering from. I can probably assume I've had this deficiency for a long time. I have been dealing with MS in my early 30's and BPH when I was 45. I'm 64 now. Denis

Very, very interesting. My history: low vitamins D for maybe 10 years and also progressive bph worsening over same time period. In April 2016, obtained UroLift with good result. My Vitamine D issue resolved over a year ago with regular Vit. D supplements, but continued worsening to point I could not pee, hence the need to seek relief via Urolift. That my prostate did not shrink or otherwise improve with vitamins D supplementation does not disprove anything as Vit. D deficiency over so many years may have permanently enlarged my prostate to the point that the swelling could not be undone. Evidence to suggest this was the finding of a 3rd (median lobe) to my prostate. Many men are known to develop a median lobe to the prostate and long term Vit. D deficiency may well be the cause of this aberrant growth.all that said, I plan to continue to take highly absorbable Vit.D on a regular basis in the hope that my prostate swelling and/or median lobe growth does not continue to the point I will require further intervention of my bph.  For the moment I can only say I am very pleased with the UroLift intervention and I will continue with Vit.D supplementation and annual Vit.D monitoring.

Interesting.  I was diagnosed with low vitamin D... and BPH.

I've also been vitamin D deficient and have a Median lobe, Thanks food for thought.

Tom and all,

Since UroLift I discontinued Flomax one week post procedure and now take nothing for prostate issues, as I have no further bph symptoms. As for Vitamin D I take that in gel form as that form is most absorbed by the body. Absorption is a very important consideration as when I was first alerted to the fact I was Vitamin D deficient I was taking Vitamin D at the recommended dose and had been for several years and was still Vitamin D deficient. Only after taking liquid Vit.D, then subsequently gel caps did my blood test for vitamin D show a normal result. Take home point: just because you are taking Vit. D supplements does not mean you are absorbing what you are taking. It is important to take either liquid or gel  Vit. D which is highly absorbent and follow that up with annual blood assessment of Vitamine D.