(HealthDay News) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced late Thursday that it had approved using the erectile dysfunction drug Cialis as a treatment for enlarged prostate.
According to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, enlarged prostate -- clinically known as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) -- is a "common part of aging" for men. In fact, the NIH estimates that "more than half of men in their 60s, and as many as 90 percent in their 70s and 80s, have some symptoms of BPH."
The condition often leads to urinary incontinence and can raise the odds for urinary tract infections and even kidney damage.
"BPH can have a big impact on a patient's quality of life," Scott Monroe, director of the division of reproductive and urologic products in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in an agency news release. "A large number of older men have symptoms of BPH. Cialis [tadalifil] offers these men another treatment option, particularly those who also have ED, which is also common in older men," he said.
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