Tamsulosin Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Flomax
What is Tamsulosin?
Tamsulosin is used to manage the signs and symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). It relaxes the smooth muscle in the bladder neck and prostate causing an improvement of urine flow. Off label it is used for symptomatic treatment of bladder outlet obstruction or dysfunction.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bladder problems | 43 |
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7 | |||
| Other | 21 |
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3 | ||
| Urinary retention | 16 |
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2 | ||||
| Urinary urgency | 9 | 0 | |||||
| General health | 7 |
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1 | ||||
| swollen prostate | 5 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Doctor's advice
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8 | 31% |
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Other
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7 | 27% |
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Side effects too severe
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6 | 23% |
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Did not seem to work
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5 | 19% |
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Course of treatment ended
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3 | 12% |
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Expense
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2 | 8% |
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Personal research
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1 | 4% |
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Not indicated
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1 | 4% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
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- mammananny
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- mammananny
- 0.4 mg daily
- since Jul 31, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Bladder problems
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Side Effects
Severe
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- david100
- Sex: M
- Mood: Very bad
- Cognition: Severe
- Autonomic: Severe
- Head: moderate
- Arms: moderate
- Legs: severe
- Tremors: moderate
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- david100
- 0.8 mg daily
- since Sep 20, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Urinary retention
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Side Effects
None
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- JohnnyPopper
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: none
- Chest: mild
- Legs: mild
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- JohnnyPopper
- since Dec 07, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Support another treatment
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Side Effects
None
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Report created on November 21, 2009.