How to Take Prostadine: Daily Dose and Best Time

The info page says: “We recommend you take two full droppers (2 ml) per day, preferably in the morning.” A full dropper is 1 mL, so two droppers make the daily amount.

Fill the dropper to its top line, not a part of the way. A half-filled dropper twice a day is 1 mL, half the stated amount, which changes the arithmetic on how long the bottle lasts and on the iodine you take in. If your dropper has a marked scale, use it. If it has none, check the quantity against a small oral syringe, which a pharmacist can supply for little.

Sixty millilitres at 2 mL a day gives 30 servings. That is the number to use when planning how many bottles to buy, and it is the figure behind the pricing table. If you take less, a bottle lasts longer and the cost per day falls. Taking more than the stated amount is never a good way to speed up anything, and with a formula that adds iodine from five directions it can push the total toward the upper limit of 1,100 mcg a day (NIH ODS, Iodine).

The info page advises anyone with a medical condition or on prescription medication to show a bottle to their doctor first, and we agree. In particular, ask first if any of the following applies.

• You have a thyroid condition or take thyroid medicine (NIH ODS, Iodine).
• You take a blood thinner, aspirin or regular anti-inflammatory pain relievers, because saw palmetto may add to bruising and bleeding risk (MSK, Saw Palmetto).
• You take a prostate medicine such as tamsulosin or finasteride. Keep taking it as prescribed (MedlinePlus, Tamsulosin) (MedlinePlus, Finasteride).
• You are pregnant, nursing, or buying for someone under 18.
• You have blood in your urine, difficulty passing urine or painful urination with fever. These need care right away, not drops (NIDDK, Enlarged Prostate (BPH)).

The five-question checklist on the who it's for page flags these situations for you.

1. Enlarged Prostate (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia). National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIH), 2024.BPH is a benign enlargement; it affects 5% to 6% of men ages 40 to 64 and 29% to 33% of those 65 and older. Scientists do not fully know why it occurs; aging and hormone changes are suspected. Researchers have not linked diet or nutrition to causing or preventing BPH. Symptoms include trouble starting a stream, weak or interrupted stream, nighttime urination and urgency, and symptom severity does not always match prostate size. Seek care right away if you cannot urinate at all, have painful urgent urination with fever and chills, see blood in the urine, or have significant lower abdominal or urinary tract pain. Treatments: watchful waiting, alpha blockers, 5-alpha reductase inhibitors, procedures and surgery. The page does not mention supplements.
2. Saw Palmetto. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Integrative Medicine, 2023.Reports conflicting data on BPH symptoms (some trials improved, others showed no effect). Did not affect serum PSA more than placebo, even at high doses. Common side effects are stomach upset, diarrhea, fatigue, headache, decreased libido and rhinitis. Case reports include bleeding problems (including with rivaroxaban and during surgery), liver damage and pancreatitis. May increase bruising and bleeding risk with anticoagulants, antiplatelets and NSAIDs.
3. Iodine: Fact Sheet for Health Professionals. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, 2024.RDA for adults is 150 mcg a day; the tolerable upper intake level is 1,100 mcg a day. Dried nori, 2 tablespoons of flakes (5 g): 116 mcg. Seaweeds range from 16 to 2,984 mcg per gram. High intakes can cause goiter, elevated TSH and hypothyroidism, and iodine-induced hyperthyroidism and thyroiditis. Interactions: antithyroid drugs (additive effect, hypothyroidism), and potassium iodide with ACE inhibitors or potassium-sparing diuretics (hyperkalemia risk).