You are up twice a night, and it is not the bathroom that bothers you. It is the forty minutes you lie there afterward. You bought a prostate formula, you have taken it for two months, and the nights are exactly the same. The bottle is probably not lying to you. It is just giving you a fraction of the amount the studies used.
Saw palmetto is why you bought the bottle, and it is the ingredient most brands cut. The extract used in the trials was 320 mg a day. On the 34 labels we read, 19 print less than that. 7 more hide it inside a blend, where the milligrams are not stated at all. A number you cannot read is a number you cannot trust.
Pygeum is the second botanical with real research behind it, and it is the one most brands skip entirely. Only 6 of 34 formulas contain it. Of those 6, only 2 state a standardization, which is what tells you the extract was made to a spec instead of being ground bark in a capsule.
The rest of the panel matters too. Pumpkin seed and nettle for flow, lycopene and grape seed for the long run, boron and B6 underneath. But if the two headline botanicals are underdosed or unreadable, the supporting cast does not save the bottle. One formula of 34 printed both at the studied dose, with the support behind them.
Took saw palmetto and felt nothing? Check the milligrams first.The disappointment here is a dose problem, not an ingredient problem. A 160 mg softgel, or a blend with no numbers, is not the product the studies tested. Before you decide prostate supplements do not work, read the number next to saw palmetto. If there is no number, that is your answer.