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Does urimax f safe protects from prostate cancer or urimax d does not protect. Thank you.
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F stands for finasteride which blocks conversion of testosterone hormone to dihydrotestestorone (dht) which helps in growth of prostrate psa is a market for prostrate cancer when finasteride or dutasteride are used they decrease psa level spuriously and masks the ongoing prostate cancer so before using finast one has to check a baseline psa.
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