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Diagnose: prostatitis. don't like regular water. drink 5 liters of propel water per day. is that too much artificial sweetner? hurting my prostate?

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Dr. Howard Shapiro answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine - Nephrology & Dialysis

Not a problem: Drinking 5 liters a day should not affect prostatis

Answered 5/12/2016

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