UCPPS - Prostatitis, Interstitial Cystitis Forum

Not sure a distinction is made between calcifications and "micro-calcifications" here . I would assume the micro are much smaller and potentially less a problem. Obviously there is a controversy here as to whether they can be symptomatic of pain or not.

It would be good to hear from folks on this ...

Perhaps the upcoming study that Dr. Shoskes referred to will help.
I don't know how common calcifications are in the "normal" population. I also don't know how effective either medical or surgical treatment for calcifications is in reducing pain and symptoms for CPPS. I was hoping that there would ...

In the study, most patients used 3-4 months. Almost al patients who get better at least begin to get better after the first month. Pending FDA and IRB approval, a multicenter randomized placebo controlled trial of this treatment approach should begin in early 2007.


I see the cost is $285 /month ...

Dear Dr. Shoskes:

Thank you for the information and web site. Could you tell me how many months are recommended for this treatment so I have an idea how much to order.?

Thanks again.

gifford

Dear Dr. Shoskes:

Re: "Doesn't help if you are not in that majority. More and more of the patients who travel to see me are in that category."


I am one of those people.

I also have prostate calcifications/stones.

How do I get the meds, etc to begin this treatment?

Thank you very much ...

Re: EDTA trial

Did EDTA help youu?
What is EDTA and how does one obtain it?

gifford

Unless I missed something, the update article seems to support the treatment to dissolve stones. Isn't it worth a 3 month try for those who have prostate calcifications/stones and other treatment has not worked? Certainly people have tried all sorts of things on this site. In my case, I have a ...

Londoner:
Could you tell me what the "anti-nanobacteria therapy" for prostate stones is that you mentioned? Is the therapy medication, surgery, etc? A CT scan and a TRUS both showed that I have a rather large prostate calcifications (stone).
I would like to pursue this therapy as a possibility. Or ...

Re: It's a personal decision

But if that decision iss other than going to Dr. Wise's SP in SF, then it likely does not include Paradoxical Relaxation (PR). I found that section in A HEADACHE IN THE PELVIS confusing and the book says that it can not be learned except by a trained professional from ...

I tried Cymbalta.
I have been on it for 2 & 1/2 months now. I can't see that it has helped my depression or pain. But then again, I have not found ANY medication that has other than Ambien to help me sleep. Valium helped for penile base pain which I rarely get any more after many months of PT but it ...

Re:
Evaluation of men with azoospermia to rule out ejaculatory duct cysts, seminal vesicular cysts, müllerian cysts, or utricular cysts. None detected.

I could never convince my uro to do this because\I had a smooth prostate and a low PSA (1.0). Isa TRUS something that I should insist be done ...

I have read AHIITP 3x and tried to do most of what is recommended in the book - relaxation, PT, exercises etc. for about a year now.. I have also seen a PT for 10 months from whom my wife has learned internal PT work as well as external skin rolling I have been helped some (penal base pain) but not ...

Amica is indeed a placebo at best.
I was suckered into getting Amica. The ingredients listed on the Amica bottle are just sucrose and lactose. A glass of milk is much cheaper.
Gifford

It looks like that my penile pain that was sore to the touch and sore (not burning) when I urinated was perhaps from my CPPS. It only lasted one day. and left left as abruptly as it came. Really strange. Only change I have seen in 6 months. Tomorrow is my one year anniversary of the onset of my CPPS ...

What is different about this pain in the tip of my penis is that it only hurts when I touch it or my penis rubs against soething. This is unlike other chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome pain I have experienced. If pain is a result of chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome ...