Fibrinolytic Agents May Help to Cure Urethral Strictures

Nattokinase is reported to be a fibrinolytic agent.

What Is Nattokinase? Supposedly it is a fibrinolytic enzyme that comes from a Japanese food called Natto.

What is Natto? Natto is a fermented cheese-like food.

How is Natto made? A bacteria, Bacillus natto is added to cooked soybeans. The enzyme nattokinase is produced by this reaction.

This gives the Natto food the nattokinase enzyme.

Fibrolytic agents have many possible uses. One theoretical use is to give a fibrolytic right before or after dilating the urethra. The fibrolytic agent may prevent the urethral stenosis from scarring over again, which is what is thought to cause urethral dilations to fail. A potential side effect could be internal bleeding.

There do not appear to be many, or even any, good studies on this.

See your own doctor.