FLOMAX Reviews (TAMSULOSIN HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 2.2 (614 Ratings)

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FLOMAX  (TAMSULOSIN HYDROCHLORIDE):  Tamsulosin is used by men to treat the symptoms of an enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia-BPH). It does not shrink the prostate, but it works by relaxing the muscles in the prostate and the bladder. This helps to relieve symptoms of BPH such as difficulty in beginning the flow of urine, weak stream, and the need to urinate often or urgently (including during the middle of the night). Tamsulosin belongs to a class of drugs known as alpha blockers. Do not use this medication to treat high blood pressure.   FDA Approval Date: 1997-04-15 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR FLOMAXCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
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 1  BPH Runny nose, back pain, side pain, tiredness so tired and weak I can't do my gym workout. Hypotension. At first I had great erections but dry orgasms followed by loss of interest in sex. Breathing problems where I was short of breath.Confusion on thought process to manage my own patients. I discontinued the medication and was fine in 2 days. Also insomnia with minimal feet swelling. Too many other side effects to list which are unknown by my own urologist. Talk to your family doctor, the medicine slowed me down to a point where it caused problems with my activities of daily living. However it did help with the urine stream. M 61 14 days
.4 1X day
12/23/2020
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 3  BPH Nasal congestion, cough, chest congestion, retro grade ejaculation, muscle soreness and weakness. Medication has considerably improved urine flow and overall output, as well as needed frequencies. The side effects are considerable. Don't think i would take this for long term resolution. M 71 2 months
4mg 1X day
12/13/2020
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 3  Bladder neck Back pain, inability to have errection or I would say not full errection, dizziness, frustrated not having sex, first I lost completely my libido but after using for 21 days I want to have sex but unable to maintain errection. The medicine works but with more side effects M 37 30 days
.04 1X day
12/2/2020
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 1  Enlarged Prostate Sinus pain, tooth pain, back spasms, check tightness, insomnia, heart palpitations, headache, ringing in ears, dizziness, exhaustion. Jesus, are there actually people out there who can take this horrid sh*t? I'm 6'1", healthy, active and strong. This stuff crippled me with a single dose. And the only urination change was more difficulty. M 60 1 days
.4 mg 1X day
11/26/2020
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 1  Frequent night urination Insane sinus pressure, unable to breathe out of nose, lock jaw, headache. It's disturbing this is FDA approved with so many side effects after 1 dose. Would not recommend to my worst enemy! M 37 1 days
15mg 1X day
11/20/2020
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 5  Decreased flow, emptying Slight congestion Slight decrease in libido. Amazing orgasms and rock hard erections. Sex is much better. Flow is strong and I fully empty my bladder. M 58 14 days
.4 mg 1X day
10/27/2020
 3  BPH Sorry Flomax to log here. I haven't been taking this brand but tamsulosin hydrochloride as a generic. I typed my thoughts under tamsulosin hydrochloride and didn't want to retype here. Have a look it may ring some bells with some people I have typed my thoughts under tamsulosin hydrochloride and didn't want to retype here. Have a look it may ring some bells with some people M 62 8.5 years
0.4 MG 1X day
9/19/2020
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 1  Prostatitis Terrible. Stuffy nose. Felt like I couldn't breathe. Felt like my head was crushing. It was awful. Avoid this drug! M 55 1 days
4 1X day
8/18/2020
 1  Kidney stones Headache, dizziness, day two Started rapid heat rate- normal resting heart rate is 68 im in the 90''s still 4 days after stopping. Horrible. Anyone else stopped and still had increased Heart rate? How long? Avoid- it made me very sick. M 53 5 days
1X day
8/1/2020
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 2   Insomnia, i.e. bad sleep with weird thoughts like you have when you're getting the flu. Increased urine flow somewhat but I'm still getting up at night to pee M 70 5 days
0.4 mg 1X day
7/27/2020
 2  Kidney stone Retrograde ejaculation I used tamsulosin (Flomax) to aid in passing kidney stone fragments following shock wave lithotripsy. The medication relaxed the bladder neck muscle and prostate to allow the stone fragments to pass. However, this caused retrograde ejaculation. The relaxed muscles allowed seminal fluid to flow backward into the bladder. There were no forceful involuntary muscle contractions and no pleasurable fluid release from the penis, although I did have the instinctive urge to flex my hips like a normal ejaculation. I felt no discomfort when seminal fluid flowed into the bladder, just a feeling of fullness that was relieved later during urination. Overall, sexual satisfaction was diminished by 50%. No issues maintaining a firm erection, responding to stimulation but because I did not have the physical relief of expelling seminal fluid from my body, I felt frustrated at the end of sexual activity. M 50 7 days
0.4 mg 1X day
7/16/2020
 4  Bog problems Sore muscles M 82 6 years
0.4 mg 1X day
7/14/2020
 5  Enlarged prostate Side effects are brutal. Forget about orgasm. Dizzy if I get up too fast. Some blurred vision, sore muscles. I had a bad case of urine retention. I would wake up in am needing to pee, but couldn't. Sometimes it would be a couple hours before I could finally go an ounce or two. As the day progressed I would pee more. After a couple days on this med I was peeing fine and now after the end of my 90 day regiment I'm back to normal. That's why I still rate it a 5. It did it's job! Yes, side effects were tough, but bearable. M 65 3 months
0.4MG 1X D
6/25/2020
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 1  Prostate Enlargement Extreme morning fatigue. Severe lower back ache. Poor balance. Dry mouth and stuffy nose. Heavy legs feel like Concrete. Forgot to take one night and all side effects disappeared. Never had any of these problems before now. My physician tried to figure out what was wrong. Now That I forgot to Take, we know.. M 90 60 days
.4mg x2
5/25/2020
 1  Enlarged Prostrate Out of breath on exertion, Increased BP , headache , loss of balance. I did not like the sexual thing with a reversed ejaculation , very difficult almost impossible to get an Erection Just got tired of the adverse reactions M 74 3 years
.4 mg
5/5/2020
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 1  Enlarged prostrate All side effects that's mentioned on handout from pharmacy and listed on the internet. Plus I'm a "fall RISK", and I'm unable to drive. Been off tamsulosin for 16 days and still having side effects. Balance is still unstable, dizziness, shortness of breathe.....really a horrible medication I had to stay on until Urolift was done. M 64 8 months
.04 1X day
3/22/2020
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 3  Prostatitis Back ache, severe stomach aches, constipation, stuffy nose, tiredness It helped with the pain I was having but not sure I wasn’t these constant side effects. Looking for something else. Side effects are not good.... M 56 3 months
.4
3/4/2020
 1  Enlarge prostrate Started taking contiflow urologist said mild side affects since taking It has made me really ill. headaches, dizziness, extreme fatigue especially arms and legs finding it hard to breathe, diarrhoea, I just want to lay down just holding a cup of tea makes my arm really ache also a runny nose as though you have the flue I contacted the urologist dept and spoke to the nurse she said stop takiking them.i then visited my own doc he said stop taking them .he said they was to help with my flow but the doc said it wasn’t that bad .i was angry to think I am going through this unnecessary grief and pain for nothing. My advice don’t take this horrible medication .if you do as soon as you get any of the side affects come off them it’s 4 days now and I don’t feel any better M 65 14 days
400xl 1X day
2/23/2020
 1  Bph Head aches diarrhoea extreme fatigue, arms and legs and neck ,back and shoulders all really ache runny nose flue like symtoms cannot seem to think all mushy appertite has gone I have an enlarged prostrate , that’s what the urologist said .i wasn’t complaining about my pee flo but urologist prescribed contilo/tremolosin to help with the flow,he said there could be mild side effect . Since I started taking the pills they have made me feel really ill. i contacted my doctor he said stop taking them. if I knew about the extreme side effects I would not have bothered. its 3 days now that I have stopped them and I still feel really ill . i will never take this type of drug again . it feels like poison in your body. some people it might be ok .but my advise is stay clear M 65 14 days
400 1X day
2/23/2020
 4  Enlarged prostate Stuffy nose, little to no sperm, difficult maintaining an erection, dizziness upon standing and the biggest problem I have is not being able to achieve an orgasm. Flomax does what it says. I was to the point where I couldn't urinate and would sit on the toilet for hours sometimes trying to make myself urinate and if anyone knows what I'm talking about the more you push or strain the worse it gets. After taking flomax I actually had a urine stream and flow. Something I haven't had in a long time and it felt great to be able to empty my bladder in one trip. The biggest side effect I have is that I can not achieve to orgasm. I have gotten to the point where I can't do it when having sex with my wife or when I masturbate. I stopped masturbating because I see no point in even trying if I know I'm not gonna have a victory. I guess what it comes down to is one must ask their selves, do I want to cum or piss those are your options. If there was any other option I would definitely be willing to try it but until then I will keep taking flomax. M 41 2 years
.5
2/4/2020
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