Osterly Market Saw Palmetto 2400 mg

2400 mg saw palmetto. Read the paragraph below before you buy it.

Saw palmetto on its own, at a stated dose, sold with the two large trials that went against it rather than around them.

What it's for

Saw palmetto berry extract is the most-used botanical for prostate and urinary comfort in older men. You should know how the evidence actually landed: the two largest, best-run trials — STEP and CAMUS — compared it against placebo, including at doses well above the usual one, and found no meaningful difference in urinary symptoms. Earlier, smaller studies were more positive. The honest summary is that when the trials got bigger and better controlled, the effect shrank towards nothing.

How to take it

• Follow the label serving, with food — it is fat soluble and absorbs poorly on an empty stomach
• Give it two to three months before drawing any conclusion
• May have a mild blood-thinning effect. Mention it before surgery and if you take an anticoagulant
• See a doctor about the symptoms, not just this bottle. Difficulty passing urine, going frequently at night, a weak stream or blood in the urine all need a proper assessment. Those symptoms are usually a benign enlarged prostate — but they can also be prostate cancer, and taking a supplement instead of getting checked is how a diagnosis gets delayed

On the label

• 2400 mg saw palmetto
• Single ingredient
• 30 capsules or 120 capsules

What this is not

• Not a treatment for an enlarged prostate or any urinary condition
• Not a substitute for prescribed medication or for being examined
• Not a hair-loss treatment, whatever the DHT talk on other listings implies

The straight answer

We could have sold this on the small positive studies and left the big negative ones out, which is what most of this category does. The two best trials found saw palmetto no better than placebo for urinary symptoms. Some men take it anyway and feel it helps. That is a reasonable thing to try; it is not a reasonable thing to rely on, and it is no reason at all to skip a doctor.

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