Business Wire - Medialink Features: Basketball Legend Earl ‘The Pearl’ Monroe Challenges Men to Learn About BPH
Basketball Hall of Fame legend Earl “The Pearl” Monroe has been honored as one of the 50 greatest players in the history of pro basketball. But these days the former New York Knick, now 61, has shifted his focus from the court to help men understand a common urinary condition that he has — along with millions of other men. The condition is benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), also known as enlarged prostate. The former All-Star tolerated the bothersome urinary symptoms of BPH for years before he learned that treatment was available.
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Monroe is the point man for the Flomax (tamsulosin HCl) capsules One Week Challenge, a national campaign to educate men about this urinary condition. BPH is associated with a range of bothersome urinary symptoms — including going often, urgency, straining and waking up at night to go. Flomax is the number one prescribed medication indicated for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of BPH.
Monroe is encouraging men age 50 and older to go to www.oneweekchallenge.com to complete a simple quiz to evaluate the severity of their male urinary symptoms. Their quiz results can be printed and taken to a doctor for further discussion. Only your doctor can tell if your symptoms are due to BPH and not another condition such as prostate cancer.
Many men consider the urinary symptoms associated with BPH to be a normal part of aging. The good news about BPH is that prescription medication is available, easy to take and effective.
“When I first started to experience male urinary symptoms, I delayed going to the doctor even though I was getting up several times a night to go to the bathroom,” explains Monroe. “I’m challenging men with urinary symptoms to go to www.oneweekchallenge.com and take a simple quiz to find out if they might have BPH and to see a doctor for diagnosis and treatment.”
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