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 |
| 3 | Docs cant figure out what I have | Sleepiness, my lower esophageal sphincter hurts every time I eat because of Flomax. It is an ALPHA-Adrenergic antagonists that closes up that muscle. Makes it hard for me to eat. | Does anybody have that problem? I been with a condition for about a year and two months of frequent urination, on and off, and burning once in a while. However, doctors can't seem to find out whats wrong with me. HELP! | M | 27 | 5 days 0.4 1X day | 1/7/2011 | 3 | Urinary retention | Just took flomax three days ago. | Has any body experienced trying to urinate and your mind says you cannot it happens. I have this mental problem with urinating but I don't know how to solve it. Going to the bathromm is always a struggle. This problem was brought about after surgery when the nurse ask me to urinate before going home but I can't. It happened more often after that. It's becoming like fear of not being able to urinate. Can someone help. Thanks. | M | 57 | 0.4 1X day | 12/13/2010 | 3 | BPH | I have also developed constant dizziness since last entry in August.Degree of dizziness varies from mild to intense. | My Primary Care Doctor gave me a sample pack of Avadart, and in just 1 week all of the side effects lessened and the retro-ejaculation completely stopped. When I finished the sample pack and started the Flomax back all of the negative side effects returned. I have no health insurance but once I finish the Rx in a couple of months I am going to switch to Avadart even though the cost is much more. Plus Avadart has an additional positive side effect of causing hair growth. | M | 52 | 134 days 0.4 MG 1X day | 12/1/2010 Patient History | 3 | Kidney Stone | nasal congestion, fatigue, weakness, dry orgasms, difficulty sleeping, dizziness | I'm a college student. Student health ctr. doc prescribed this last spring to help pass a kidney stone. Pain subsided after a week-even though stone was still there. Dr. wanted to keep me on Flomax for a couple of weeks...worst side effect was nasal congestion at night and weakness b/c it was constant. Dry orgasm (I mean DRY-nothing at all) was a real bug out. Pain from stone came back...finally passed it the day after I stopped Flomax...all effects faded 3-4 days after stopping the drug. Ejaculations are normal again. | M | 21 | 4 weeks .4mg 1X day | 8/30/2010 | 3 | urine flow | I work out 3-4 times a week, today the first time after starting flomax. I experienced the same thing as some here...dizziness, and abnormal weakness. Very strange, almost felt a bit sick. But something on the positive side, my private parts hang much much lower than they used to. I'm not complaining about that, and it seems related to flomax because it started the next day. | M | 60 | 3 days 1X day | 8/27/2010 | 3 | BPH | dizziness, unstable on feet | M | 53 | 6 months max 1X day | 4/14/2010 | 3 | urinary flow symptoms | tired, very tired all the time. felt like going to pass out when I stood up. | helped a little but i had to stop because it made me feel so weak and without energy. | M | 59 | 30 days .4 mg 1X day | 2/24/2010 | 3 | BPH | On it for 2 weeks. Was urinating every 1-2 hrs and about twice at night...now, going about every 2 - 3 hrs. Definitely takes a long time to kick in. Would rate it as "just alright" and waiting for better results. | Erection is tough to come by...worried what will happen the longer i stay on this med. | M | 47 | 2 weeks | 1/20/2010 | 3 | reduced flow and pain | some mental sluggishness | First the good news: I've just stopped taking it after five years and I'm doing fine. In fact -- this is weird -- I'm actually doing better than when I was taking it (a strange lower side back pain I often felt when urinating finally disappeared)! I attribute my improvement to the Avodart I've been taking also, which, I surmise, reduced the size of my prostate sufficiently to make taking the Flomax unnecessary to control the symptoms. In other words, an enlarged prostate must have been the cause and the symptoms (frequency, urgency, reduced flow, back pain) were the effect. Flomax was dealing with the effect, but since the cause had been removed or reduced, the effect was also. But the Flomax served its purpose, even though it never removed my symptoms entirely (and also made my mind a bit sluggish, which I am so happy is now over). I was taking two Flomax capsules a day. Since my symptoms were so much improved after 5 years, I decided to go down to one capsule; since that was OK for two months, I stopped taking altogether. I immediately experienced bad effects. But after one week everything improved dramatically, so I guess those were just withdrawal symptoms. It was 5 years, after all. Anyway, there is hope ... though patience is required. I guess Avodart was the real agent of long-term change for the better. | M | 59 | 5 years | 8/11/2009 | 3 | Urgency, decreased flow, frequency | Huge increase in nasal congestion which decreased somewhat after a few days, absolutely no ejaculation and no sensation of orgasm which improved by about 90% after 10 days of use, slight headache first day, some erection assistance (similar to Viagra) the frist few days only. | Flow greatly increased first day, frequency somewhat increased (4 or 5 times per night)instead of decreased after 10 days, headache gone, nasal congestion somewhat better, I may have become somewhat lethargic. I think I need a much smaller dose, but it is dangerous to divide a time-release medication. I will ask Dr if I can take it every other day when I see him again in 2 days. Orgasm and ejaculation almost back to normal after 10 days. My constipation may or may not be caused by FlowMax ... there are other factors involved. | M | 61 | 10 days | 8/10/2009 | 3 | Enlarged prostate | Dizziness, fatigue, no ejaculation (after 1st dose). After scope Doc told me I had the prostate of an 82 y/o not 52 y/o. First 3 days very dizzy. | Has helped with flow. Last night slept though without having to get up. Has relived the "start" pain when urinating. The no ejaculation thing is Very weird, almost not worth it. Doc told me it goes into bladder so just a "that moment" it freaks me out. Also having a dull pain in left testicle. This site is great since it's hard to talk about this. That said, has anyone noticed enlargement since have a cystoscopy? Does the no ejaculate thing go away? Any suggestions for alternative. Tried "Super Beta Prostate", guess it didn't work. | M | 52 | 4 days | 8/9/2009 | 3 | Kidney Stone | Roughly a ten-times reduction in drive combined with a side-effect of no ejaculate, absolutely none. I'm a fairly young man yet, 31, so that drive reduction is from multiple per day to one every two or three days. | I'm only taking it temporarily to keep my prostate small to help the passing of a kidney stone. Considering my reason for taking it and that its temporary... it's a bizarre but acceptable /temporary/ effect. If this was a permanent med, I'm not sure what I would do. Maybe take week-end breaks? | M | 31 | 7 days | 7/17/2009 | 3 | Prosatae Enlargement | None | None | M | 50 | 90 days | 7/2/2009 | 3 | BPH, frequent urination and control | dizzyness with use of first pill. Then dizzyness subsided. Loss of ejaculation and slightly reduced orgasm intensity | I have noticed an increase in flow and urine stream strength. I am not having to rush to urinate. Am not waking up at night to urinate. The loss of ejaculation is a bit strange but I may be able to live with it. No mess!! I am active sexually 2-3X per week. Would prefer a natural supplement. Concerned about effects of getting off flowmax. | M | 50 | 15 days | 6/17/2009 | 3 | BPH | no libido, no erection, no ejaculation, stuffed up nose,no energy | have been taking flomax with avodart for almost two years; my urine flow is normal now but my penis is disappearing. i have quit taking both for a month just to see if i could have an erection but it will take a bit longer if i can hold out as my urine flow has diminished so much i have to watch it so i don't continue to urinate on myself. take the pills if you want to live because you can have a life without sex or no life without your kidneys. i think surgery would be a better deal. | M | 60 | 2 years | 5/30/2009 | 3 | chronic epididymitis | retro ejaculation, slight dizziness, ringing in ears, some vivid dreams, increased sensitivity to alcohol...2nd martini really hammers me now. | Doc prescribed this to help with my chronic epididymitis, caused by back-flow of urine into sperm duct and causing testicular discomfort...Doc thought it would loosen things up. Has improved urine flow but so far pain in testicle still present. I hate taking all drugs so am kind of bummed about being on Flomax, however the pain in my ball has been driving me nuts for over 10 years. If it works, I may accept the side effects trade-off. The retro ejaculation is creepy...guess my career as a porn star is over. | M | 60 | 10 days | 4/8/2009 | 3 | BPH | unexplained weight loss | Has anyone else had this problem? I cannot find it in the literature | M | 51 | | 4/6/2009 | 3 | Enlarged prostate | I did notice some increased urine flow which is why I wanted to take it. Before I had to visit the bathroom every hour and that has decreased somewhat, however, I now have blurred vision and have hard time reading things close up. I bought some reading glasses to help with that but it seems to be getting worse. I also have decrease in sex drive and have felt dizzy and tired. | M | 46 | 60 days | 4/3/2009 | 3 | enlarged prostate | Decrease sexual climax, no sperm at first, BP increase, slight headache | After two months intensity and duration of sex increased to not quite normal but much better than at the beginning of taking flomax.Helped stronger stream. I pee once a night or sleep right thru the night.Sex is still not quite normal.I think after two months BP went up to 155/82. | M | 66 | 3 months | 2/18/2009 | 3 | BHP | inhibited ejaculation; urge to deficate increased with increased gas | M | 62 | 30 days | 1/29/2009 |