Algonot vs ProstaQ

[Gabriel]

If I decide to start taking a supplement, I'm confused as to which of these I should try. When reading the websites of both products as well as external interviews with the doctors involved, both seem to infer that they stand alone as the best treatment while mutually ignoring the existense of each other. I was going to include CystaQ also, but the marketing blurb seems to strongly indicate "Quercetin for men, CystaQ for women", and besides it contains cranberry extract, which I don't react well to at all.

I would most likely start with Algonot Plus as I've not been able to find a comprehensive list of ingredients anywhere for any accredited quercetin product (although I may not have looked hard enough). Is there reason to try any accredited quercetin product if Algonot does nothing? If they both contain virtually the same thing, I would assume not.

And finally, are there any risks associated with taking these supplements? I realize everyone is different, but have any side effects been documented? For example, Saw Palemetto can in some cases effect libido and sexual function. Sexual function is absoloutely fine for me right now, and a good sex life with my girlfriend is one of the few things that I can actually enjoy painlessly, I don't want to come across some nasty side-effect which puts a stop to that too

[dshoskes]

Quercetin suppliers lists the ingredients on their website. Any accredited quercetin product has been evaluated in strictly regulated clinical trials and been shown effective in the short term and in patients taking it long term (average 1 year). Beneficial changes have been documented in the prostate fluid of men taking any accredited quercetin product with regards to oxidative stress, inflammatory markers and beta endorphins. All these results have been published in top flight peer reviewed Urology and Andrology journals.

None of the above statements is true for Algonot Plus.

[webslave]

What Dr Shoskes says is true, however, in defence of Algonot, it is backed by an outstanding team of scientists and does contain, in addition to quercetin, ingredients that could potentially act like Elmiron (same class of molecule) as well as other ingredients that control mast cell reactivity. Anecdotal evidence from Jill's IC group is that some women prefer it to CystaQ.

Interesting note and today's breaking news: the chief scientist behind Algonot, Theoharis Theoharides ("Dr Theo" to his friends), was just this week awarded a one million dollar grant for the study of Interstitial Cystitis!