FLOMAX Reviews (TAMSULOSIN HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.2 (614 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare FLOMAX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR FLOMAX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Enlarged prostate - urine retention | Fever, headache, nausea, heavy breathing/stuffy nose, dizziness | I took it for 3 nights... Difficulty sleeping - stopped taking it and 2 days later feeling lethargic, headache and depression. Medical staff did not educate or warn me of side effects..Had to find out by my own research. Of course it's a weekend and cannot speak to my doctor to change my prescription. | M | 55 | 3 days N/a | 2/19/2017 | 1 | BPH | Flu symptoms, feeling tired all day, jitters and just about every other symptom described below., | Have stopped taking. | M | 73 | 3 days 4MG 1X day | 1/17/2017 | 1 | BHP | Fatigue, dry mouth, dizziness and no ejaculation after just 5 days. | My neurologist perscribed Flowmax to offset difficulty urinating due to enlarged prostate. He did not warn me about side effects. Was shocked when I could not ejaculate after only 5 days on the medication. I will stop immediately. Do not take this drug without fully understanding side effects | M | 66 | 5 days .4 1X day | 12/6/2016 | 1 | Problem emptying bladder per Physic | After only 2 days marked decrease in ability to sustain erection and ability to ejaculate. Had none of these problems prior. Stopping immediately..stay away from this stuff | Don't take it. | M | 67 | 2 days | 11/26/2016 | 1 | Problem emptying bladder per Physic | After only 2 days marked decrease in ability to sustain erection and ability to ejaculate. Had none of these problems prior. Stopping immediately..stay away from this stuff | Don't take it. | M | 67 | 2 days | 11/26/2016 | 1 | Problem emptying bladder per Physician | After only 2 days marked decrease in ability to sustain erection and ability to ejaculate. Had none of these problems prior. Stopping immediately..stay away from this stuff | Don't take it. | M | 67 | 2 days | 11/26/2016 | 1 | Kidney stones | Dizziness,pain in teeth, insomnia, weekness all over, headaches, heart palpitations , I feel like I have the flu. | This is a horrible drug. I would rather deal with the pain of stones than these intense side effects. | M | 34 | 2 days .4mg | 11/17/2016 | 1 | Urine retention | No ejaculation, feeling tired all day at work and feeling nausea sometimes, nightmares, occasional back pain and light tooth pain too, stuffy nose and hard to breath, internal pain around bladder | Stop taking. didn't notice any difference on my urine flow at all. | M | 26 | 1 weeks 400 | 11/14/2016 | 1 | Frequent urination, sudden urge | Day 1, stuffy nose to the point that I could only breathe thru my mouth. Day 2, heart palpitations. Day 3, retrograde ejaculation. Day 4, increase in episodes of palpitations, continued stuffiness. There will be no Day 5. I have stopped this medication before irreversible damage is done. | I have never experienced side effects from any medication I have taken. With Flomax I have experienced multiple side effects in less than a week! I will cope with my uncontrollable urges to urinate rather than subject myself to these, in my opinion, serious side effects. | M | 67 | 4 days 0.4 1X day | 11/4/2016 | 1 | Kidney Stone | Horrible tooth ache and jaw pain, pain radiates from upper left tooth to temple, been popping Advil 5 times a day, no more FLOMAX for me! | M | 54 | 3 days 0.4MG 1X day | 10/13/2016 | 1 | Frequent urination Day and night | Diziness, light headed. disoriented, stumbling, falling down, Driving While Impaired. Scared the hell out of me. | I really thought I was dying. I quit taking this three days ago and still suffer the side effects. Vividly lived a dream. Nearly pounded my dog to death in my sleep. How can I get this crap out of my system? I will monitor this site for any response. | M | 70 | 2 months .4mg 1X day | 9/15/2016 | 1 | weakstream,water retention | no ejaculate,weird thoughts and very scarey lucid dreams | tried taking Flomax on and off for 2 yrs,would stop for awhile and adverse symtoms would stop but then I couldn't hardly pass enough urine so I wouldgo onit again!!The worst has been the horrible dreams while on it!!EVERYNIGHT!! sometimes iawake in a panic and it takes a minute or two to realize I was only in a dream!! Not worth the hassel wish I could find a natural help!! | M | 54 | 2 years 0.4mg 1X day | 7/23/2016 | 1 | trouble urinating | Difficulty achieving/maintaining erections; difficulty ejaculating, dizziness, anxiety, feeling hot | Stopped taking the Flomax. Can anyone tell me how long before normal sexual functioning returns? Didn't realize until I read postings on this site that the medication could cause such severe sexual problems. Sometimes I'll wake in the middle of the night and have a great hard erection only to lose it once I start masturbating. During the day only can gave a soft erection which doesn't last. I'm hoping no permanent damage has occurred. | M | 64 | 3 months .4 1X day | 7/14/2016 | 1 | Enlarged Prostate | Lowered energy the first week. Shortness of breath and some dizziness and light headed right after standing and beginning to walk. Started feeling extremely bad all day after about 10 days. Had constant lowered energy and lethargy and felt badly all day long. Had tightness in chest and tenseness in neck and head hurt very badly upon rising and walking upstairs to my bedroom to go to bed for two nights in a row. Almost went to emergency room one night, due to feeling that bad. Thought I may be having a stroke or heart attack. Stopped taking it and felt remarkably better within 24 hours. I've never had a worse or more disturbing bad reaction to a drug like this, in my life. | M | 64 | 20 days .04 MG 1X day | 5/19/2016 | 1 | Peeing too much | Headache vomiting feeling like I have the flu!! | This med sucks it helps a little, but I rather be peeing a lot then feeling like I have the flu!! | M | 40 | 7 days 10 | 5/15/2016 | 1 | kidney stone | Dizziness Stuffy nose Anxiety Bad dreams Sleep issues Ejaculation volume change Libido change Breathless | Recent study in May 2015 with placebo concluded no statistical benefit to using Flomax for stones. Physicians should read it. BAD drug for me. Urologist had seen the study and said I could go off Flomax at day 7. If he had not I would have anyway. | M | 63 | 7 days 4 | 4/29/2016 | 1 | Enlarged prostate.constantly having | Headaches depressed and feeling suicidal will stop taking this ratpoison called flomax. Should be removed from the market. | Headaches depressed and feeling suicidal will stop taking this ratpoison called flomax. Should be removed from the market | M | 50 | 5 days | 4/17/2016 | 1 | Couldn't pee | Terrible. Head is on fire. Face tooth and jaw pain unbearable. Tingling in my feet. Blurry vision. Nightmares when I can sleep. Not taking anymore ever again. I just feel awful. Wouldn't be able to function in life on this drug. | Should be taken off the market | M | 54 | 2 days 0.04 | 4/15/2016 | 1 | Kidney stone | dry Ejaculation = no Ejaculation | do not take this medication | M | 37 | 5 days 0.4 1X day | 4/9/2016 | 1 | BPH, not sure if it's working | Fell against my bedroom wall and tried to stand straight and almost fell again. Had to wait til I regained my balance. | I may stop taking it. | M | 10 days 0.4 mg | 4/4/2016 |