FLOMAX Reviews (TAMSULOSIN HYDROCHLORIDE)

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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	REASON	SIDE EFFECTS FOR FLOMAX	COMMENTS	SEX	AGE	DURATION/ DOSAGE	DATE ADDED

2	Frequent night time urination	headache, crazy dreams, persistent erection, low ejaculation.	Would rather take this then viagra. Did not help with BPH	M	67	2 days . 04 1X day	8/30/2021
2	bph & urinary problems	Began taking Flomax 4 months ago for BPH, urinary urgency, incontinence and frequency. Within 1 week noticed significant leg fatigue and weakness (especially with work outs) and retrograde ejaculation. Approximately 2 weeks after the onset of very weak erections and loss of libido. At this point I'm finding it almost impossible to get even a semi-soft erection if any. I went off this med approximately 3 weeks ago and still no improvement with the ED. I am a very healthy 64 y.o. male and very fit. Prior to this I NEVER had any difficulties achieving a strong, long lasting erection and lways had a strong libido. Wondering if taking this medication has caused some permanent damage. Extremely frustrated and humiliated. Be careful with this stuff!!	Taking chances if you're sexually active and over 60.	M	64	4 months .4 1X day	8/4/2017 Email Patient History
2	Poor urinary flow	Extreme dizziness when getting up from recumbent or sitting position. Tiredness. Poor sexual performance.	These are troublesome and probably dangerous effects as a fall could result. Capsules cannot be split to reduce the dose. Wonder if anyone has tried an every other day, or every third day dosage scheme. Will have to discontinue the medication unless I find a way to deal with these pesky side effects. Ask you doctor if this medicine is right for you? Not really. The doctor really does not know except what the pharma rep tells him. I'd rather ask a real expert, that is a patient.	M	78	21 days 0.4 mg 1X day	12/20/2016 Email
2	Kidney stones	I had to stop as the worsening of my vision, fatigue, light headiness, dizzy and head aches got to be to much.		M	53	3 days 0.4 1X day	5/27/2017
2	For less nocturnal urination	Dizziness,eye strain, cloudy vision,upset stomach, burping	I felt sick for the majority of the time while on the drug. Ironically, I ran out of the meds right when I was scheduled to see an ear and nose doc to find the cause of the dizziness. I even had a MRI on the neck and head..nothing was wrong but did notice I was feeling better..this was only a week after stopping the drug...When I got the new prescription and I started back up on the tamsulosin, the symptoms came right back up after only ten hours..I read this forum and I stopped taking it immediately and after about 30 hours the symptoms went away..now another day later no symptoms . No doubt all that misery was due to the tamsulosin even though my doc and the pharmacist did not think it was the cause. What a wasted year feeling like crap! Even driving was a chore..I am sleeping way better , too..	M	73	18 months 4mg 1X day	1/3/2016
2	Kidney stones	Pounding heart, racing pulse, stuffy nose, dizziness, lethargy.	Took one per ER doctors orders. I had already passed my kidney stone and took it to help any others that might still come. Wish I would have just stayed with what I was doing. I've done drugs in the past and the high blood pressure feeling from being on Flomax I find quite disturbing.	M	49	1 days	1/18/2016
2	Bph	Stuffy nose dizziness retrograde ejaculation tried every other day to control that but then kidneys would hurt. Much easier to P	This is the third time I've started and stopped in the last six years same conclusion each time within the first week Not for me	M	53	1 weeks 0.4	1/27/2016
2	bph	After a few days I started getting headaches which stopped after discontinuing medication. It did increase my urine flow rate . I tried on and off a few times but the headaches always reappeared	It looks like when it works for some people nicely, definitely not for me though	M	56	30 days .4mg 1X day	1/25/2016 Email
2	Possible kidney stones	upper jaw pain right side neck and muscle pain , malaise and dizziness, extreme dry and scratchy eyes , not wort it for me, good bye FLOMAX		M	57	1 days 4 1X day	5/21/2016 Email
2	Weak stream	Extreme pain in teeth and jaw, right side, upper and lower.	Worked to increase flow but the teeth and jaw pain is way too severe. Have to quit taking it as of today.	M	65	7 days 0.4 MG 1X day	5/27/2016 Email
2	BPH	While the stream flow did increase, the side effects of dizziness upon standing, stuffy nose,and no ability to ejaculate are very poor trade-offs. Not recommended.	I was told there are many who take this med with minimal to no side effects. The surprise side effect of no ejaculate was a disturbing surprise.	M	52	7 days .4	1/4/2016
2	BPH	Bad chest tightness & nasal stuffiness. Retrograde ejaculation and/or low semen, depending on dosage. Very powerful drug. Reduced dosage to 1/4 of .4 mg. capsule by cutting capsule in half & taking every other day. On that dosage provides relief needed while almost eliminating chest tightness & nasal stuffiness, & less retrograde ejaculation.	Should make available capsules in low dosage. Very messy to cut capsules, but cannot tolerate .4 mg at a time. Tablets would be easier to cut. Canada only furnishes in sustained relief tablets, so that is out. Terazosin gave worse side effects. Might try other alpha blockers like Uroxocal or new Rapaflow, but suspect it is the nature of alpha blockers that causes these side effects for some. Finesteride may eventually shrink prostate making alpha blockers unnecessary for me.	M	63	4 months	8/1/2009
2	enlarged prostate	insomnia, mild anxiety, muscle/joint pains, muscle fatigue, pounding heart during exercise	It did help with urine stream, but didn't decrease bathroom trips during the night. I switched dose to morning and it helped with insomnia, but had to stop due to pounding/irregular heartbeat during exercise.	M	52	30 days .4 1X day	3/9/2014
2	Weak flo	Took it before bed. Woke up with a low grade fever and a stuffy nose so bad that I couldn't breath at all out of my nose, causing me to lose lots of sleep.		M	28	1 days 875mg	8/12/2014 Email
2	BHP	Dizziness, nauseous, lower back pain, pain in joints		M	37	1 months 1	7/31/2014
2	prostatitis urgency to pee	Dry mouth, insomnia, stuffy nose, unclear thinking, felt in a daze, poor ejeculation.	Seems to help relax bladder and prostate but discontinued because of side effects.	M	45	3 days 1 a day	12/2/2014
2	Two Kidney Stones	No sexual desire or stamina, dry ejaculations, severely stuffed nose, hangover feeling for all days on it so far.	Still haven't passed kidney stones but my happiness has been ripped out of my life so....there's that.	M	30	5 days	12/10/2014
2	Enlarged prostrate	Sleep disruption w/dry mouth and strange dreams. Headaches, runny nose,fatigue along with flu like symptoms. Little to no ejaculate which had never occurred before.	This all started when I explained to the Dr that I occasionally had a strong urge to urinate and occasionally had trouble waiting. The need to urinate throughout the night would arise on occasion as well. Meds took care of the immediate issues but the side effects weren't worth it. Meds had me feeling lousy so I've discontinued use after 10 days.	M	60	10 days 0.4 mg 1X day	12/29/2014 Email
2	urination issues post protate cancer	energy loss,sleeplessness...weird dreams,dizzyness,headaches and reduced sex drive. avid golfer and used advil for aches and pains which may have contributed to problems. fit and active lifestyle.		M	66	6 months	8/7/2009
2	Urine leakage after urination	Difficulty reaching orgasm, almost no ejaculation, dizzyness, unable to sleep	It did releave the symptoms. I continued to take weekly and it helps.	M	50	7 days	10/21/2009

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