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 | pass a kidney stone of 4mm size | Dry mouth, fatique, dizziness.. | I took this medicine without knowing of side effects for two weeks. Day I passed kidney stone, I stopped taking this medicine but its side effects are still continues. Dry mouth slowly fading, dizziness slowly improving.... after two weeks. So, In short I just want to tell if you discontinue medication the side effects will not go away instantly, it will take month or so to come back all body funtion normal. Additionaly, When not on flomax I used to get strong hunger sensation, after flomax I get very weak sensation that I m hungry. My tooths also became sensitve, I feel strange pressure in jaws all time.. waiting when that gets normal. Overall, it does mess up with your complete body system. | M | 37 | 2 weeks .4Mg 1X day | 2/26/2011 | 4 | BPH | Decreased volume of semen; less intense ejaculation | Resolved my problem of not being able to completely empty my bladder, therefore needing to go more frequently; If I don't drink a lot late at night, I can sleep 7-8 hours without getting up. | M | 54 | 4 years .4 mg caps 1X day | 2/18/2011 | 2 | To help kidney stone to leave | Dryness in mouth at night that has steadily gotten worse. I wouldn't have thought that was the cause if I hadn't read about side effects. It is so bad I cannot sleep. Ejaculation strength and volume started decreasing after 3 days and now there must be retrograde ejaculation because nothing comes out. It may be harmless as some places claim, but it feels very strange, is uncomfortable, and is not satisfying at all. | My kidney stone still has not moved. I have quit using flomax and am hoping all the side effects go away quickly. I would not recommend this except maybe for 2-4 days assuming the effects are not long lasting. | M | 64 | 6 days .4 mg 1X day | 2/6/2011 | 3 | kidney stone | Nothing major | M | 30 | 7 days 1X day | 1/22/2011 | 3 | BPH | Side effects greatly reduced when I changed from generic to brand.($342.00)for 90 pills. I no longer have any sexual side effects. There are lots of side effects with generic even the ones from Canada.(see add comments) | I take 1 flomax brand pill every other day.I take 3-1000mg pumpkin seed oil tabs daily with one Lycopene and one pomerganate tabs daily. I Drink 100% cran/pomergranate juice daily.My PSA has risen only 1.1 over 30 months. Daily exercise good diet,no alcohol,no smoking. | M | 67 | 26 months .4mg 1X day | 1/22/2011 | 2 | BPH, urinary retention, repeat UTI | Chills lasting 20-30 minutes, several occurences. Rapid heart beat (132-142 BPM at peak) gradually easing after 8 hours. Two brief instances of double vision. Stuffy nose. Retrograde ejaculation. Increase in blood pressure. | Took Tamsulosin, generic for Flomax, starting and stopping due to perceived side effects. Final attempt at using resulted in elevated heart beat for over 8 hours. Was seeing some improvement even in this short time. If you have chills or rapid heart beat, STOP USING ! I am also seeing similar effects with Hytrin though these are different classes of drugs. This may work well for some, but sadly I can't tolerate it. | M | 60 | 7 days 0.4 MG 1X day | 1/22/2011 | 3 | BPH Difficulty emptying bladder | M | 51 | 0.4 1X day | 1/18/2011 Patient History | 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 | 5 | Urine Retension & Distended Bladder | Retrograde Ejaculations -- sometimes totally DRY, but sometimes a little flow and dribble, a little dizziness and fatigue the first couple of days but it goes away. Nothing else! | I want to encourage you guys. This is good drug for someone who is having trouble emptying his bladder and reduced flow. In fact it is great! Immediate relief with a flow like a teenager and complete emptying of the bladder. YES!!! My prostrate is healthy so my problem is the aging urethra narrowing through the healthy prostrate. It was Flowmax or surgery to open up the urethra through the prostrate. Get this --- even though ejaculations can be dry or limited, I am enjoying the most amazing orgasms!!! Increased pleasure is what I have had with my wife -- prolonged orgasms guys. I am staying on the stuff. Advice if you are taking 1 pill daily -- the best sex is after 16 hours from taking one and up until pill time again. (Note - Laboratory may or may not make a difference. I am getting mine under the brand Secotex Ocas from Boehringer Ingelheim out of Germany. It is the same drug as Flowmax - Tamsulosina 0.4 mg per pill.) | M | 51 | 20 days 0.4 mg 1X day | 11/17/2010 | 1 | Kidney Stones | Perineum burning/discomfort,urinary burning, muscle burn/ache (legs, triceps, delts), burning in feet, fatigue, prostatits symptoms extreme, cottonmouth, sinus congestion, discomfort in bladder area just above urethra, lower back/pelvic discomfort, urinating day and night every 2-3 hours. | Took flomax first time for(4 days) kidney stones (1/4"x1/8") it passed, (3 xrays by urologist showed nothing, 3 DRE's were normal 3 urological exams were normal, psa is .3) , second round of stones I thought so I took 4 more days of flomax, symptoms magnified by 10. I am very active, heavy weight lifter 3 days/weeks,cardio 2-3 days/wk. Been off of Flomax for about 3 weeks now still waiting for long term symptoms to subside. Did help pass 4 fragments but not worth the anguish of the side effects. After 4 visits to urologist he says nothing he can treat me for see you in 6 months. These extreme symptoms didn't start until I took the Flomax. I have read that the FDA states that many of these long term side effects will not subside until 8-9 months after last dosage taken????? | M | 43 | 4 days 1X day | 11/17/2010 | 4 | Pee every hour at night | Only side effects are weakness and the semen vanishing act. | Had to pee every hour at night. Pee would only dribble and not completely empty. First Flomax pill(generic)peed like a racehorse. Now peeing every 3 hours at night. Getting better sleep. Don't know if weakness is from statin I just started taking or flomax or both. Also taking blood pressure lowering med. Feel beat up. | M | 60 | 3 days 1X day | 11/9/2010 | 4 | constant need to urinate | nasal congestion, reverse ejaculation | i agree with comment about Ambian - that used to stop me from having to go at night. I took 1 flomax and within 8 hours i have reverse ejaculation and had to pee all day. but now i am good. I am not going to take any more flomax and see how long it takes me to get back to normal | M | 54 | 1 days 1X day | 11/8/2010 | 5 | BPH - severe urinary frequency | nothing major that couldn't be tolerated | gave me my life back. At this point, I don't really care about the other side effects. | M | 71 | 30 days .4 mg 1X day | 11/6/2010 | 1 | frequent night urination | runny nose, lost ability to have an orgasm. | Quit taking Flomax after 6 weeks because of the sexual side effect. Three weeks later and still no improvement | M | 56 | 6 weeks 30 MG 1X day | 9/21/2010 | 1 | kidney stones | stuffy nose, headache, light headedness, feeling like passing out, extreme fatigue | After taking one tablet I got a headache, a stuffy nose and my heart was racing 120 bpm while sitting! My blood pressure dropped to 73/45...thought I may pass out! I feel extreme fatigue and an overall horrible feeling! | F | 46 | 1 days 0.4mg 1X day | 9/16/2010 | 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 | 1 | Kidney Stones | Itching, burning, discomfort in the rectum and prostate. | Other than 2 kidney stones, I am a healthy 37 year old. I took flomax samples for 2 days provided by my doctor to help pass a 2mm stone at the bottom junction. Well that was a year ago... and I would say I am finally about 90% recovered. I took flomax for 2 days and had severe itching and burning in my prostate and rectum. I never even knew what prostate discomfort and pain was until I took these pills. I couldn't sit on a chair without squirming. After 2 pills then stopping... I continued to have discomfort and mild pain FOR OVER 6 MONTHS. I am still not 100% a year later. Do not mess with your prostate if it is currently healthy. It does not recover quickly... if at all. Maybe I have some allergy to alpha blockers, but either way this stuff is evil. STAY AWAY. By the way, I never passed my stone. The stone is still there but currently painless/asymptomatic. | M | 37 | 2 days .4mg 1X day | 7/26/2010 |