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 | urine retention | Severe nightmares, Dry lips and mouth,stuffy nose. | I was prescribed Flomax for urine retention. I have not been able to completely empty my bladder since a hysterectomy and have to self catheterize. The medication did not help my bladder at all. Despite taking sleep medication, I still could not get any rest due to disturbing nightmares and muscle spasms. Totally not worth it. I would rather self-cath and get a decent nights sleep! | F | 37 | 10 days 0.4mg | 12/3/2014 | 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 | 1 | Kidney stones | First couple weeks.. Extreme dizziness. Blurred vision Nausea fatigue short of breath tired no sex drive. 3-4 weeks. Same as above and then some.... Flu like symptoms. Heavy cough, sinus congestion,sneezing, eyes burned. Leg pains Chills short of breath. insomnia wild dreams. Dizziness that made me stumble. extreme fatigue mild anxiety. | I thought I was going crazy. I assumed I had a severe case of the Flu...started thinking I had pneumonia. I'm usually hot most of the time. I started sleeping with a heating pad. Took large amounts of ibuprofen for the aches and pains. I spent many hours in bed and still felt exhausted. | M | 42 | 4 weeks 0.4mg 1X day | 12/1/2014 | 3 | BPH, UTI | Stuffy nose, not normal sex, this med DOES work to empty my bladder so that I do not have any UTI's. | My union stopped paying for brand Flomax. I went on generic (tamsulosin) the side effects became intolerable, stuffy nose,throat, not normal sex. I went back on brand Flomax and paid out of pocket $500. for 90 pills. Side effects was very minimal but was breaking my wallet. I now buy from U.K. and pay$170.00 for 84caps of brand Flomax. Side effects are now much more tolerable. | M | 71 | 6 years .04mg 1X O | 11/10/2014 | 1 | Improve urine flow | Omg..... After taking flowmax for nearly 8 months just yo realize that all of the weird symptoms I had were attributed to flowmax. I had sore throat and sinus congestion for months, my libido ceased to exist, lightheaded and dizzy. To make things worse, ended up having a surgery on my sinuses because congestion wouldnt go away. I wish they told me about the side effects. I'll never take those pills again. | M | 38 | 1 months .4 mg | 10/30/2014 | 4 | Urinary retention, weak flow | Headache, dizziness, dry mouth, feeling like I can't breathe, fatigue, general malaise feeling. It has dramatically improved my flow and ability to empty my bladder. I do not like the way I feel on this medicine, but the alternative is not being able to start my flow and/or urinate at all. I am going to try not taking it and maybe going to every other day and see if that lessens my symptoms. I do like being able to pee without a issue though. | F | 39 | 6 days .4mg | 10/23/2014 | 1 | Told I had BPH | Got a UTI, doc insisted I would get them forever unless I took this. Did work to strengthen flow, but it's not worth the anxiety, fatigue, and constant, constant, constant stuffy nose and throat. Perfect experience of the cure being worse than the disease. | M | 36 | 6 months .4 mg | 9/5/2014 | 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 | 2 | BHP | Dizziness, nauseous, lower back pain, pain in joints | M | 37 | 1 months 1 | 7/31/2014 | 1 | Decrease nightime urination | Extreme dry mouth at night, headache, strange dreams, anxiety, depression, did not decrease nightime urination, joint/muscle pain beyond description especially in my knees, ankles and thighs. | This med did not work for me and when I went back to my doctor to describe the side effects he said "those are side effects to Flowmax." When I showed him comments from this website he still would not agree my problems were from this med and this is the only med I"m taking. Sometimes these doctors really piss me off. This med in no way worked for me and actually caused me more pain and discomfort. I've thrown the remaining pills in the trash. Now I'm wondering how long these side effects will last. | M | 51 | 1 weeks .04 1X day | 7/18/2014 | 1 | Kidney stones | Ejaculate was pretty much nothing than a clear oozing of pre-cum even though it felt like I needed to blow a major load. | After reading multiple reviews here & on other sites, I decided to discontinue the medicine. Waited about 3 days to jerk off and OMG ... I haven't shot a thick creamy load of cum across the room so far since I was 17. Then just kept cumming and cumming - felt like I blew 2 years worth in one session. Feel so good now, back in the groove. Harder, longer erections. Nighttime and morning wood. Simply awesome. Never going back on Tamsulosin again. | M | 53 | 2 years .4 mg 1X day | 7/17/2014 | 1 | Non-bacterial prostatitis | little to no ejaculate | After just one pill, imagine my suprise and horror when I was unable to produce more than a drop or two of semen the very next day. The only side effect my doctor mentioned was "dizzyness". Please, lets get real. Obviously from these reviews, retrograde ejaculation is a very common side effect and to not warn sexually active males of this borders on the criminal. I won't say the drug should be banned - I can see it perhaps with severe cases of BPH or a kidney stone, but NOT for mild to moderate cases of prostatitis. More irresponsible drug-pushing on the general public where the dollar is king. One pill and I'm done. | M | 1 days .4 mg 1X day | 7/9/2014 | 1 | Frequent urine | Urinating constantly | Not going to take this drug | M | 67 | 3 days 0.04 1X day | 7/3/2014 | 2 | kidney stones | I only took one dose last night before bed. Began feeling extremely fatigued. Slept great but woke up with severe headache and congested sinuses. Also jaw and neck pain. I'm beyond groggy too. I've never felt this out of it. Having some double vision today as well. Heart racing from time to time. Stone is stuck at the uv junction 6x4 mm so pretty unlikely it will pass on its own. Going to discontinue this med in light of all the side effects I'm already getting and those mentioned by others on this site. Not worth it. | F | 43 | 10 days | 6/13/2014 | 1 | Mainly night time urination. | Nightmares, talking in sleep, sleep apnoea, sexual disfunction, increased urination at night, not wanted, felt detached from reality, dry lips and roof of mouth, totally horrific experience especially in 6 weeks gained 21lbs. in weight. Only from consultant discovered wrongly prescribed, my prostrate is normal, over active bladder is the problem. Doctors, no different to car mechanics, good and bad, overall, dangerous. For me one awful drug, wrongly prescribed. | Cannot comment but no doubt good when the numpty doctors prescribe correctly. | M | 66 | 7 weeks 20 1X day | 6/8/2014 | 5 | BPH | Better lasting erections | For the past 5 years I have been taking 20 Mg Cialis once a week. For the past year, although I get erections normally, about 90% of the time I lose the erection during intercourse. With FLOMAX combined with Cialis, I can hold a strong erection during intercourse until ejaculation. My Dr. switched me to 5Mg Cialis to be taken daily with FLOMAX 0.4Mg. Now I can achieve and maintain erections whenever I want. Also, since the Cialis is prescribed for BPH rather than for ED, my insurance pays 100% | M | 76 | 4 weeks 1X day | 5/25/2014 | 4 | Overactive bladder, urine retention | Retrograde ejaculation (as soon as I started taking it), and leg muscle weakness and pain (intensifying slowly over a period of months). | Should discontinue when no longer needed, for example (as in my case) for as long as androgen deprivation therapy is still effective at restricting prostate volume. | M | 62 | 1 years 400 mg 1X day | 5/12/2014 | 1 | kidney stone | AWFUL. I woke up after taking it feeling like I have the flu and my head is spinning all over the place. Plus nausea and no appetite. Don't take it. | M | 21 | 1 days | 4/22/2014 | 3 | bladder muscle dysfunction | headache, sinus & nasal congestion, low blood pressure, depression, insomnia, scary eye twitching and seeing flickery light. | It did help me to urinate more easily. I was given the 0.4 mg capsule, but one dose made it clear this was way too much. I'm super sensitive to most meds, so I dumped a capsule out and took approximately 1/4 the contents. Still too much, so I broke that 1/4 dose in half twice a day. Still got benefit without such strong side effects. Pretty much shut down my libido, even on way reduced dose. | F | 57 | 5 days 0.05 mg 2X day | 4/14/2014 | 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 |