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Patients

Taking Flomax
38 Patients currently take Flomax
9 Patients stopped taking Flomax
arkk Sensation: Severe Overall: Severe Cognition: moderate Vision: severe Speech: moderate Swallowing: moderate Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile arkk 0.4mg daily since Sep 08, 2008
pc4069 Sensation: Severe Overall: Mild Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: none Swallowing: none Upper limb: none Walking: moderate See profile pc4069 0.4mg daily since Aug 10, 2006
cmu89 Sensation: Moderate Overall: Moderate Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: moderate Swallowing: mild Upper limb: moderate Walking: severe See profile cmu89 0.8mg daily since Mar 27, 2004

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...

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Reasons Taken

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

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Bladder problems	36	76%
Other	3	6%
disease-related symptoms	2	4%
Urinary retention	1	2%
General health	1	2%
Slow my MS progress	1	2%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Flomax.

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All (Show Top 10)

0 mg day	0.04 mg day	0.3 mg day	0.4 mg day	0.8 mg day	1 mg day	1.2 mg day	4 mg day	5 mg day	10 mg day	20 mg day	400 mg day
2	2	1	18	6	1	1	3	1	1	1	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
1	2	1	4	5	13

Stopped taking Flomax

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

Why Patients Stopped Taking Flomax (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work	3	33%
Side effects too severe	3	33%
Doctor's advice	1	11%
Other	1	11%
Course of treatment ended	1	11%
Not indicated	1	11%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 1 patient evaluation. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Moderate	100%	1

Bladder problems

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe	100%	1
Moderate	0%	0
Mild	0%	0
None	0%	0

Top reported side-effects include: Dizziness/hypotension upon standing, dreams,dry mouth,maybe less itching,body feels like a rag doll, pain in testies

Summary results are based on 1 individual response. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 1)

mammananny

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Moderate

Cognition: moderate

Vision: moderate

Speech: moderate

Swallowing: moderate

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate

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by mammananny
Jul 31, 2008