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What is Flomax? Flomax is a brand name for the drug Tamsulosin HCI, an alpha blocker drug used in the treatment of benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH). Flomax is a brand owned by Boehringer Ingelheim. Read more...Click to read more below

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Boehringer Ingelheim's Flomax site


Reasons Taken

75 patients in the community are taking or have taken Flomax.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Bladder problems 35 46%
Other 18 24%
General health 6 8%
disease-related symptoms 4 5%
Urinary retention 3 4%
Urinary urgency 2 2%
Neurogenic Bladder 2 2%
Support another treatment 1 1%
Insomnia 1 1%
Peripheral neuritis (neuropathy) 1 1%
Slow my MS progress 1 1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Flomax.

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  0 mg day 0.04 mg day 0.3 mg day 0.4 mg day 0.8 mg day 1 mg day 4 mg day 5 mg day 10 mg day 20 mg day 200 mg day 400 mg day
  4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 35 Number of Patients: 35 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Flomax or how long patients were taking Flomax before stopping.

Currently taking Flomax

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
1
4
12
12
15

Stopped taking Flomax

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
3
2
1
3
2
1
Why Patients Stopped Taking Flomax (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 4 33% Did not seem to work: 33%
Side effects too severe 3 25% Side effects too severe: 25%
Doctor's advice 2 17% Doctor's advice: 17%
Other 2 17% Other: 17%
Course of treatment ended 1 8% Course of treatment ended: 8%
Not indicated 1 8% Not indicated: 8%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 3 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 100% 1

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 33% 1
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 67% 2

Top reported side-effects include: Dizziness/hypotension upon standing

Summary results are based on 3 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 3)

  • Wayne Lampe
    Mouth/throat: mild
    Arms: mild
    Chest: mild
    Legs: moderate
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  • Wayne Lampe
  • by Wayne Lampe
    Aug 23, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other

  • mammananny
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Moderate
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: moderate
    Swallowing: moderate
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
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  • mammananny
  • by mammananny
    Jul 31, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsSevere
  • Bladder problems

See all evaluation results for Flomax



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