Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan on getting pregnant. You will need to talk about the benefits and risks of using Dimetapp while you are pregnant. Tell your doctor if you are breast-feeding. You will need to talk about any risks to your baby. How is this medicine (Dimetapp) best taken? Use this medicine as ordered by your doctor.
Implanting permanent radioactive seeds in the prostate is a method of treating cancer. The procedure allows a concentrated dose of radiation to be delivered directly to the prostate cancer, limiting damage to other tissue.
It has now been demonstrated in scientific studies, both in the laboratory and in men with BPH that you can shrink an enlarged (but not cancerous) prostate by taking pills or capsules containing a naturally occurring substance derived from the berries of a small palm tree called the saw palmetto.